Comment & opinion – Page 473
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Dealing with failure: take the positives and motivate yourself
Team GB seem to have exceeded all expectations at the Olympics…
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Simply Italian is simply not good enough
I’ll hold my hands up: despite the Two Greedy Italians’ efforts, Italian is not my favourite cuisine…
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Simplicity is key for entrepreneurs
Excellent people management is vital for long-term performance in SMEs…
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A land of milk and no money
Tempers have been flaring across pastoral Britain as farmers, far from a radical bunch in the main…
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Duty should depend on units
Minimum pricing on alcohol now looks like a done deal, and I suspect we must make the best of it and…
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Has the Tesco oil tanker quietly turned?
Like the improvement in this week’s jobless figures, no one was expecting the 5.1% increase in Tesco’s sales…
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The Olympic spirit can inspire us all
So after all is said and done, Great Britain delivered brilliantly. The way the nation has pulled together…
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Sunshine on Leiths
Leiths School of Food and Wine in West London was the setting for Asda to announce a 0.7% boost in Q2 like for like sales today.
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Fag break, M'Lud?
Smokers, tobacco companies and those with an aversion to government nannyism vowed to fight on today after the latest setback for opponents of plans to force tobacco into plain packaging…
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Sainsbury's main event
‘Thanks for the warm-up.’ So goes the wry poster campaign for Channel Four’s coverage of the Paralympics, which get underway in a couple of weeks’ time…
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Never on a Sunday?
It would have come as no surprise to those in the small shops sector to have heard senior Tory MP calls over the weekend to make the temporary extension to Sunday Trading permanent…
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Kevin Hawkins: People don't do as they say
Most people don’t change their lifestyles or eating habits quickly. A few weeks ago…
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Sharpen the milk message
Scoring a retweet from a celebrity and getting your message seen by thousands of followers is often the holy grail for brands on social media.
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Are you paying too much for transport?
MEs in the fmcg market are paying an average of 35% more than their larger rivals for transport services…
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Is the concept of 'relationship selling' still appropriate?
The answer to almost every question is, of course, ‘it depends’. I contribute regularly to the constant debate…
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Riot-hit retailers have not given up
Some of the most disturbing images of last August’s riots in England featured retailers and shops.
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It's hard to believe Olympic Britain is the same country that rioted last year
What a glorious week it’s been for Team GB. So many medals, so much history made, so many legends.
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Eternal youth is wasted on the elderly
The more miserable we are, the longer we live. During the Great Depression, life expectancy…
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Making hoy while the sun shines
Sponsorship can be a fickle thing. Remember how quickly Coca-Cola dropped Wayne Rooney when he became entangled in negative publicity - or how GSK quietly brushed Ashley Young under the carpet after his woeful showing in Euros 2012…
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A man who made his marks
Peter Marks, the chief executive of The Co-operative Group, announced his retirement this morning. Marks, who has been at the helm for the past six years, and has worked in the wider co-op movement for an impressive 45 years, steps down in May next year…