Comment & opinion – Page 364
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Comment & OpinionCasillero del Diablo spends big but needs more fun
It’s hard not to admire Casillero del Diablo’s confidence. Or budget
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Comment & OpinionAsda's To You move is an intriguing new twist on Doddle model
Asda’s new ToYou is an intriguing new twist on the Collect+/Doddle model
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Comment & OpinionNational account managers should be negotiators, not salesmen
If your sales team struggles with the difference between selling and negotiation, here is an illustration for them
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Comment & OpinionGet your category strategy heard within the grocers
Now more than ever, retailers are seeking advice from suppliers on category strategy and ideas for growth
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Comment & OpinionDrinking and gaming: how brands and developers are playing nicely
With the average age of a gamer somewhere north of 30, it’s not surprising drink suppliers have associated themselves with video game franchises
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Comment & OpinionAldi's Supermarket Secrets: the discounter backlash begins
Once the underdog Brits love to root for, Aldi is facing up to the inevitable backlash of doing too well, too fast
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Comment & OpinionFood security: today's investment is tomorrow's reward
Searching for inspiration to design a long-term sustainability programme that captured the heritage of Birds Eye
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Comment & OpinionModern Slavery Act will require retailer vigilance
In 1833 the UK abolished slavery. Yet, over 180 years later the government has felt compelled to take further action
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Comment & OpinionAmazon Fire TV offers opportunities to the fmcg world
It’s been a heady couple of days for Amazon Fire, launching its new ad campaign and rolling out new e-commerce capability on Fire TV
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Comment & OpinionMy Week… by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (told to Bill Tush)
Believe me, anything can be recycled. Just look at my most recent telly offering
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Comment & OpinionAre retailers falling out of love with Black Friday?
Buried under a heap of recrimination and Polaroid flatscreen TVs, the romance between Asda and Black Friday is over
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NewsWill the SNP put a spanner in the works for liberalised Sunday trading?
What appeared a foregone conclusion is now much less clear
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Comment & OpinionIs Dave Lewis the man to get government listening over business rates reform?
Dave Lewis is in some ways an unlikely man to lead the industry into a fresh battle on the unfairness of the business rates…
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Comment & OpinionAppraisals aren't just for bosses - use the opportunity
As year-end approaches, many organisations will be embarking on annual appraisals
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Comment & OpinionWhy supermarkets need to relax cosmetic standards for produce
It’s not just the EU’s restrictions that are bonkers. Some of the cosmetic standards supermarkets insist on are crazy too
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Comment & OpinionMondelez won’t have put sultanas into Fruit & Nut without thinking hard
The media and the public either give Cadbury’s owner Mondelez too much credit or not enough, depending on how you look at it
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Comment & OpinionHugh's war on Morrisons is unfair
My sympathies are not frequently aroused when jousting corporations are caught up in a PR debacle
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Comment & OpinionPrice-marking needs intelligent collaboration
I welcome the debate around price-marking but am a little concerned as to the message we may send to our suppliers
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Comment & OpinionWar on Waste: an important issue, highlighted powerfully
Powerful stuff from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on War on Waste, which highlighted the disgusting level of food waste
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Comment & OpinionTime to pay proper attention to the plant-based food revolution
It’s all hotting up in the world of plant-based diets