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Gü's story shows why brand NPD needs to be given a chance
It is high time more retailers started to improve the way they use data to forecast the future of young brands…
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Comment & OpinionHow digital advertising has given old media a new lease of life
Fmcg brands can’t claim to have been early adopters of new digital advertising opportunities…
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Diageo's Paul Walsh cracks the innovation nut
Outgoing Diageo CEO Paul Walsh can rightfully feel proud of his accomplishments at the global drinks giant…
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Comment & OpinionAsda on reinventing 'convenience'
“This industry’s full of jargon,” said Asda CEO Andy Clarke today, referring to the UK grocery business.Clarke was speaking to a room full of journalists in the retailer’s convivial albeit cosy offices above Carnaby Street, delivering the news that Asda had seen sales growth of 1.8% in Q1.Clarke’s statement was ...
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Comment & OpinionThe high-street circus continues
The Mary Portas road show continues: this week the Queen of the High Street’s Channel 4 show touched down in Margate, featuring yet more cockneys, market traders and claims of TV trickery.
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Comment & OpinionThe new top-up shop
In these straitened times, it seems people are more willing than ever to mix and match where they pick up their produce – doing a big shop in one supermarket and topping up at another.
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Comment & OpinionWhat price Ocado-Morrisons?
Ocado must be fuming after reading the threatening comments made by Waitrose MD Mark Price in the weekend papers.
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Comment & OpinionIs Ocado playing with fire talking to Morrisons?
Morrisons’ talks with Ocado raise questions about Morrisons’ capabilities and Ocado’s business model.
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The Easter egg shortage inquisition
Surely ‘the great Easter egg shortage’ was the classic case of reap what you sow for manufacturers and multiple grocers…
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Diageo departures, Costco go-slow and 'natural' fruit
In the wake of Paul Walsh’s departure from Diageo we’ve been dropping none-too-subtle hints about knowing when to go…
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Comment & Opinion1D's Harry Styles rolls back the years in bakery shoot
One Direction’s Harry Styles returned to his old job at bakery in his home town of Holmes Chapel last week…
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Comment & OpinionWhy fmcg brands should go to festivals
Over the past decade, festivals have become a core part of our cultural currency…
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The Apprentice is back - and it's more dim-witted than ever
I was going to cast my critical eye over Mary Queen of the High Street this week…
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Moving the needle: does your brand make customers feel good?
In my new incarnation as a brand coach, I meet lots of small companies, all of whom want to be the next Gü or Innocent…
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's has set itself tough supply chain targets
Sourcing is very much on people’s minds at the moment…
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Comment & OpinionJustin King has not been given as much credit as he deserves
Amid fevered speculation surrounding his departure, what has been Justin King’s contribution to Sainsbury’s?…
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Comment & OpinionDalton battles the headwinds
Headwinds, headwinds, headwinds: that was the key word used by Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips on a call with journalists today.
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Comment & OpinionIt was The Grocer wot won it
Today was a very good day for Sainsbury’s Justin King. As well as announcing a great set of results, he was delighted to have his name linked to | his hero, Sir Alex Ferguson, amid fevered speculation on their reportedly imminent departures…
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Comment & OpinionDiageo's Walsh calls time
Paul Walsh has rung the bell on his spell as CEO of Diageo – and quite a spell it’s been.
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Comment & OpinionLovely hint of Lynch in licentious Crispello ad
Adland is obsessed with the concept of ‘quirky’…