Comment & opinion – Page 522
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: A missed chance to show inconsistencies of local recycling schemes
Tizer. Dandelion & Burdock. Cream soda. In the craze for retro products, these fizzy treats are due a comeback. And so, says Bill Bryson, are the 'money back' bottles they once came in.
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Self-checkout is a cost-cutting tactic
Sir, Your article on self-checkout (Hot Topic, p3, 28 August) caught my attention, in particular the sentence used as the headline: "If self-checkout wasn't working, the supermarkets wouldn't be in such a hurry to roll it out."May I...
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Comment & OpinionRaising the rhubarb
To frustrated residents of Bray, home of the Fat Duck, the ‘Heston effect’ refers to the expansionist tendencies of the Berkshire town’s most famous son.
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Hanging baskets
Today the advertising regulator sided with Asda in the latest row over Tesco’s ‘real baskets’ campaign.
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Careers File: Why have just one CV?
A CV isn't just a record of where you have worked. It may not be an autobiography, but it is a document that will sell you to a prospective employer.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on baggy trousers and Lancashire hot pots
The premise of Time Shift: The North on a Plate (9pm, BBC4, Wednesday September 10) was about as loose as its baggy-arsed presenter's trousers.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: A crisis of digital confidence
A crisis of digital confidence at P&F: some of our clients have had the cheek to question whether spending 80% of their PR budget on Facebook ads, incompatible apps and online game placements is effective.
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Third Party: Use social media to boost local credentials
Online networking is a great – and underused – way to customise your offer to local communities, says Iain MacMillan
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Camera scam self-scanner in slammer
CCTV has revolutionised store security, while self-service tills have ushered in a brave new world of scan-happy convenience.But the two were combined in sinister fashion when a Swansea council worker took to filming female shoppers in...
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Saturday Essay: We need a more coherent food strategy
The industry must work with government to develop robust new strategies for the future, says Nick Bunker
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NFRN’s ex-boss is ‘inflammatory’
The latest round of mud-slinging involving The National Federation of Retail Newsagents from Colin Finch, former president, does not do any good for either the federation or its members, who Finch purports to be concerned about.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Being first to market can be overrated in business
Being first to market can be overrated in business. the Wright brothers will be remembered for being first; Boeing made the cash.
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What price the age of austerity?
The food industry may be stable but the overall market will stay jittery, says Clive Black
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Comment & OpinionBack to the food store
What do you get if you cross a supermarket chain and Doc Emmett Brown, the mad but genius scientist from Back to the Future who invested time travelling Delorean?
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Comment & OpinionSweet dreams are made of this
Thorntons is battling with sliding profits as today’s results reveal but the company is ploughing more money into its retail arm this year and its management is confident this will sweeten its sales in the long run.
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Comment & OpinionDiff'rent strokes
It’s the cautious traditionalist versus the high-tech upstart. The Bradford bruiser versus the southern dandy. For investors, it’s the safe bet versus the long shot.
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Careers File: Get the best people by standing out from the crowd
Attracting and retaining the best-possible people is vital to the long-term prosperity of any business.
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Critical Eye... on amoebas and E numbers
Who does Stefan Gates think he is? Francis Ford Coppola? There's plenty of merit in investigating whether E numbers really are as nasty as everyone thinks they are.
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Third Party: Don’t delay in planning for leasing standard
Proposed changes to lease accounting will push the issue of property up the boardroom agenda, says Lucy Newman
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Second Opinion: Big society must be given teeth
The PM’s idea will only work if local government is given real power, says Kevin Hawkins