Comment & opinion – Page 490
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Olympic opportunity is here – let’s get to work
Years of planning, discussion and debate have now passed and we have finally entered the Olympic year.
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Mango meringues but no squirrel tackle
The whole Keep Calm and Bake movement is not my piece of cake and, besides, Holby City was on.
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Staff motivation will be key in battle to get consumers spending
Are you already fed up with 2012? The year has certainly started with a slew of bad news for employees.
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Floppy haircuts and paradigm shifts
Morrisons must have a proper PR agency working for them (serious boys in suits, floppy haircuts, directors that talk about paradigm shifts).
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Make store visits a resolution
At this time of year, we all eagerly wait for the retailers to report sales figures for the Christmas period.
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The loyalty equation is usability vs visibility
The power of social media to conflate our private and work lives has recently hit the headlines, with Olympics volunteers banned from discussing the Games online.
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At last, some palatable diet advice
Slimmers blame themselves for lacking willpower and self-control, but might the explanation for failure lie elsewhere?
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Our 1862 commemorative anniversary issue
I am delighted to be able to offer The Grocer my congratulations, and those of the farming community, on this momentous anniversary.
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Welcome message from Adam Leyland
2012 is a big year for The Grocer. After last week celebrating our 150th anniversary with a bumper special edition, today we relaunch thegrocer.co.uk. The Grocer’s editor, Adam Leyland, reveals what else is on the way in 2012.
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Technology won't boost work efficiency without time management
A recent survey highlighted that 10 years of technological advances have not really increased efficiencies at work.
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Limp banter and defiant amateurs
Once in a while a programme comes along that’s so bad, it’s almost good - and so it was this week with A Question of Taste.
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Poor standards in store butchery
Many years ago I was a butcher, but have since noticed the poor standard of supermarket butcher departments.
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Ten ways for companies to survive in 2012
A tough year lies ahead, but you can survive and even thrive if you exploit some key trends.
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Pessimistic consumers will keep trade slow
Deloitte research shows consumers cutting back - and it doesn’t look like they’re going to stop.
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Europe should 'muddle through'
For all the uncertainty, there are still major opportunities to be grasped.
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A unique chance to reflect on astonishing change in grocery
With the benefit of hindsight, it’s abundantly clear that The Grocer isn’t too good at reading the future…
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Games, girth and costing the earth: Bogof on 2012
Bogof makes its annual predictions for the year ahead. Will they be as accurate as last year’s crystal ball-gazing?
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The XXL Factor
Fat men with weird facial hair bestowing gifts on total strangers is, of course, a tradition at this time of year.
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Ocado clears the fridge when it should be basting the turkey
The timing of Ocado’s profits warning couldn’t have been worse, laying out for all to see the extent of its…
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Retail Trust is here to offer support
It has been a year where retail and retailers have been in the national headlines.