All articles by Amy North – Page 15
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Analysis & FeaturesFoodservice: Is food to stay the new food to go?
Some retailers are adding seating to their stores and going down the foodservice route. Can this approach work in a c-store environment?
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Analysis & FeaturesSymbols up their game to lure 'Generation C'
How can symbol group retailers stand up to the march of the grocery mults. We asked some of the UK’s finest for their views…
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Analysis & FeaturesConcession obsession: Do brand partnerships pay off?
With the likes of Subway, Greggs and Starbucks targeting the convenience retail and forecourt market, we speak to retailers about the sector’s growing concession obsession…
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Analysis & FeaturesFeeling hot, hot, hot! C-stores steam ahead in hot food to go
Some enterprising retailers are cooking up their own hot food on site. So, what are they offering? And, could it benefit other retailers?
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Comment & OpinionPremium candles burning up the market as retailers smell success
British shoppers spent £78m on scented candles in grocery alone over the last year
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Analysis & Features10 things you need to know about... household
Household has come up smelling of roses, literally. Consumers are turning to highly fragranced items to make their clothes and their homes inviting places to be. But all is not as rosy as it seems.
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Analysis & FeaturesNPD means a clean sweep for laundry brands
Which of household’s brands have performed best over the past year? And which players have lost out?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe sweet smell of success: reed and candles boost aircare
Brits’ homes smell better than ever as scented candles and reed diffusers fly off the shelves
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Analysis & FeaturesBuyer Q&A: EDLP 'can ward off' threat of discounters
There isn’t much Holly Weller doesn’t know about household products…
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Analysis & FeaturesFlower power! Eco-friendly products on the rise
It’s easy being green as brands tap into the trend for natural cleaning products
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Analysis & FeaturesMaking scents: fragrant NPD boosts laundry sales
Fabric conditioner comes up smelling of roses thanks to a wave of scent-boosting NPD
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Analysis & FeaturesShiny! Discounters polish up household sales
Aldi and Lidl are sweeping up in household leaving the mults to gather dust
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Analysis & FeaturesBuyers Q&A: freezer space is a 'serious barrier' to growth
We’ve spoken to three leading supermarket buyers to find out what’s hot in ice cream in 2015. So what’s in store for the summer?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat a lot of lolly! Indulgent and boozy ice creams clean up
Adult-orientated offerings have helped Solero and Magnun rake in an extra £13m. Where does this leave kids lollies?
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Analysis & FeaturesGlobal NPD: boozy lollies and frozen custard hit the US
With the help of Mintel, we’ve rounded up 10 of the coolest new ice cream products from around the world, from popping candy lollies to spaghetti ice cream…
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Analysis & FeaturesFamily tubs left on shelf as premium ice cream booms
It can’t only be down to the weather. So why has the ice cream tub market crashed 4.9% in volume in the past year?
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Analysis & FeaturesCreative challenge: can ice cream sell in any weather?
Ice cream consumption is stuck in the summer. We asked design agency The Partners to create some year-round concepts. Here’s what they came up with…
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Comment & OpinionAre men the future of the baking market?
Nearly half of all British men bake at least once a week, according to our exclusive research
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Analysis & Features10 things you need to know about… home baking
We’ve been baking with the sector’s biggest brand, cooking up new concepts with creatives, crunching the sales figures and much more for our latest digital feature, on the home baking market. Put the kettle on and tuck in…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Bake Off effect: nearly half of Brits bake weekly
Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood influence more men than women, our exclusive poll reveals…