Comment & opinion – Page 508
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Atomic sushi and lard-caked rears
Nuclear Sushi was the original name of the pop group who I think became Atomic Nigiri, but that aside, according to The Sun (the first read of the day for any in-touch PR), sushi is now being scanned for post-Fukushima radiation.
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Third Party: Helping to keep transport operations green
The FTA’s carbon scheme is sharing environmental best practice, informing industry and government, says Rachael Dillon
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You don’t have to be cheap to offer value
The Which? supermarket survey put Waitrose top. Rivals would do well to learn from its example.
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Hobgoblin’s lords of the wedding ring
It's just a few short weeks until the whole nation gets the day off for no particular reason. Oh, and some bloke is getting hitched on TV on a special episode of My Big Fat Princely Wedding.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Carlsberg confusion shows the risks of ‘slogalisation’
You change a great strapline at your peril. So when news emerged of Carlsberg's new global slogan 'That calls for a Carlsberg', we all scratched our heads. What was wrong with 'Probably'?
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This is a very limp organic campaign
Sir, It may not be a very PC thing to say but is anyone else feeling a bit underwhelmed by the much-vaunted Organic Trade Board co-ordinated organic press campaign? From my perspective, it feels a bit nice, ie woolly and unsatisfying. This is, after...
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Second Opinion: Outlook worse than we thought
Retailers should brace themselves, warns Clive Black. Consumer spending continues to be squeezed…
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Coke's hero to Zero
Tomorrow morning Wayne Rooney finds out whether he’ll cop a suspension from the FA for his potty-mouthed outburst down the Sky Sports cameras. While he’s sure to start against Chelsea tonight, Rooney certainly won’t be pulling on the hallowed red and white colours of Coca-Cola any time soon.
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Competitive instincts
New figures from the BRC today had food inflation falling – down from 4.5% in February to a still considerable 4% last month. With salaries rising at nothing like that rate, no wonder there’s been a squeeze on consumer spending – as reflected in recent results from the likes of ...
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Was it Alworth the effort?
From the ashes it rose – a gleaming purple-fascia’d phoenix that soared briefly, yet gloriously, across the retail sky. And back to ashes it has returned, with a sickening thump, to be tilled into the earth as food for the worms.
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Careers File: These aspiring apprentices are poor role models. Sugar should fire the lot!
For some time I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated with the way business is portrayed on TV and in the media. At first Lord Sugar’s The Apprentice seemed to be an excellent “aspirational” business programme.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Fortnums and Mars bars
It has been, of course, the best PR that Fortnum's has had in years. Possibly the only PR, given its image as one of the least interesting shops in the world.
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Third Party: Is your exclusivity deal anti-competitive?
New legislation will close land agreement loophole but cause headaches over specific agreements, says Janine Ealesfield
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Saturday Essay: We must stop exploitation in the supply chain
Retailers bearing down on suppliers but taking a hit on behalf of consumers? It just doesn’t add up, says Peter Kendall
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Second Opinion: Price isn’t organic’s only problem
It needs to help itself out if it is to stop losing out to premium and local lines, says Kevin Hawkins
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Editor's Comment: I doubt Tesco’s new promotion mechanic, the BOGIFPC, is going to catch on
Have you read any of Philip Clarke's tweets (twitter.com/clarkepatesco)? In an otherwise low-key start for Tesco's new CEO, he's been informing his 2,767 followers (including rivals, I can assure you), of his whereabouts.
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Mars's barmy army
It’s the nature of rankings like Britain’s 100 Biggest Brands that there are winners and there are losers. Or, to put it more generously, those that won less than others.
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Feeling co-operative?
Today The Co-op unveiled some pretty dismal like-for-like numbers for food sales, down 2.5% on last year. That wasn’t a huge surprise coming off the back of a disappointing Christmas.
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Nice weather for ducks
After last week’s gloomy news from the high street and a Budget that gave little cause for optimism to voters in our current weekly poll, today brought a raft of further statistical evidence proving what we already knew.
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Careers File: A company is damaged by failure to remove its poor performers quickly
My favourite maxim is: 'As a leader you get the behaviour that you accept.' How true this is and how frequently I see business leaders duck away from this.