Clive Black news and analysis – Page 31
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NewsRetailers take stock
Supermarket share prices nosedived when the economy went into recession. Now, with the aid of The Grocer’s Share Price Tracker, our new index comparing the performance of 10 global players plus the UK’s leading grocery plcs, Chloe Ryan looks at how businesses fared in 2009
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NewsDragon wowed by Asda’s A-Bay plan
Asda is gearing up to launch its own answer to eBay in a bid to shift residual non-food stock to the grey market, The Grocer has learnt. Executive development director Doug Gurr is heading up plans to launch A-Bay an e-auction website...
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Get set for all change at the top
The fiscal policy of a new government is the key event in the coming year, says Clive Black
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NewsHard Kraft: an inteview with Nick Bunker, the next boss of Cadbury
Irene Rosenfeld has nabbed the headlines but if Kraft buys Cadbury, it’ll be Nick Bunker running the show here…
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NewsAs the snow keeps mounting up, so do the costs to industry
Cancelled deliveries. Closed stores. Frozen crops. The industry is counting the cost of up to three weeks of disrupted trading…
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NewsThe year ahead: 20 questions for 2010
Even the ‘glass half full’ among us are braced for yet another challenging year. But just how challenging?…
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Second Opinion: Who’ll be the Christmas winner?
Waitrose and Morrisons will do well, and Tesco is set to improve on 2008, says Clive Black
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Can Tesco’s online business really be making a profit?
While other retailers struggle to make a profit online, Tesco is busy rolling out its internet-only stores. Does it know something the others don't? Chloe Ryan investigates
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‘Dark stores’ fuelling Tesco’s online growth
Tesco is expanding its network of 'dark' stores used exclusively for internet picking to capitalise on the fast growth in online shopping. At an investor day last week dotcom chief executive Laura Wade-Gery said Tesco would open one...
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Santa is conservatively optimistic
It won't be a wild one this year, but neither should it be. Loyalty is now key, says Clive Black
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The battle of Crouch End
Run a successful independent store and the chances are a big chain will have its eye on your patch. Joanne Grew looks at the efforts one high-profile indie has gone to in an attempt to fend off a bigger rival
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Is the party over for promotions?
With improved price stability, suppliers - and retailers - may promote less, says Clive Black
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NewsDoes Tesco’s new-look bogof signal the end of food waste?
Tesco's Buy One Get one Free Later promo generated plenty of headlines, but is it a serious bid to reduce food waste or just a PR stunt? Joanne Grew investigates
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Asda goes for a purple revamp in bid for Extra Special impact
Asda has transformed its Extra Special packaging with a look that closely resembles Sainsbury's Taste the Difference range, The Grocer has learnt.The retailer decided to revamp the premium range after customers claimed its ivory colour...
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Comment & Opinion
The space race is well and truly on
This time, so far, it’s a much more restrained affair - according to Clive Black
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Comment & Opinion
Get ready for the big VAT debate
The Grocer has been championing the need for a more sensible timetable to the return of VAT to prior rate levels.
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Who stands to gain most from Waitrose Duchy deal?
There is no reason the sight of Prince Charles and Mark Price deep in conversation at a recent event should have aroused suspicion. After all, it was only in June that Price kicked off a speech on sustainable fishing at the CIES World Food Business...
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NewsWho stands to gain most from Waitrose-Duchy deal?
Waitrose is in talks to rescue the struggling Duchy Originals brand. But there are pitfalls to a multiple owning a supplier, finds Nick Hughes
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Comment & Opinion
Who benefits from regulation?
Costly competition probes are hard to justify when Britain is deep in debt, says Clive Black
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Thorntons gives move abroad a second bash
Thorntons is planning a move overseas, 13 years after pulling the plug on its last international venture, chief executive Mike Davies has told The Grocer. The chocolatier has appointed a new finance director to develop an international...