Comment & opinion – Page 66
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Comment & OpinionSounds for the Supermarket: muzak mash-up proves inoffensively offensive
It turns out a genre designed not to be listened to grates when ever it is
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Comment & OpinionMPs’ ‘Buy British’ letter to retailers is one slap in the face too many for farmers
The suggestion is little more than a gimmick. MPs have the power to help British farmers in meaningful ways
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Comment & OpinionVeryLittleHelps.com founder Nomad was a thorn in Tesco’s side since 2008
Something of a Tesco WikiLeaks, the site has been the source of numerous revelations surrounding forthcoming management shake-ups, store closures and disputes over pay
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Comment & OpinionNew Unilever, Reckitt and Diageo CEOs are in for a baptism of fire
The new generation of fmcg leaders face myriad challenges as they establish themselves in their respective hot-seats, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Comment & OpinionCan Waitrose’s copper in the canteen plan arrest store crime?
It’s an easy-win solution that’s unsurprisingly grabbed the headlines. But it’s not innovative
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Comment & OpinionWhy we need mission-led brands more than ever in a cost of living crisis
We need brands that champion purchase drivers other than price, says Ben Black, executive director at Verlinvest
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Comment & OpinionHow bricks & mortar retailers can turn the tide on shop closures
Physical retailers should use their space to create an accessible, inspiring, eye-catching environment, says Heiner Evanschitzky of Alliance Manchester Business School
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Comment & OpinionWhy the language of sustainability must be more positive
Instead of dwelling on the imperative to ‘cut’, ‘reduce’ and ‘diminish’, let’s embrace language that speaks to goals and aspirations, says Greg Lawson, MD at sustainable packaging consultancy Aura
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Comment & OpinionThe shame of the DRS scheme’s collapse would be terrible
This weekend it appeared plans for DRS in the rest of the UK may have reached a terminal point
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Comment & OpinionCo-op’s price cuts show the convenience battle is on
The Co-op’s £70m investment in pricing marks yet another landmark shift in the retail landscape, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionPlant-based will return to growth. The only question is how
Rumours of the death of plant-based meat alternatives are greatly exaggerated
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Comment & OpinionKit Kat knight tackles technological trouble
Kit Kat has gone back in time in attempt to bring its famous ‘Have a break…’ slogan into the 21st century
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Comment & OpinionThe 1970s Supermarket: Channel 5 kicks off convenience-focused nostalgia fest
A parade of retail expert talking heads explained how the shopping experience of yore was ‘really different to anything we’d recognise today’
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Comment & OpinionHow to free yourself from leaving work to the last minute
It was a Thursday and I’d been given a deadline of two weeks on Wednesday. When did I start? You guessed it
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Comment & OpinionIn Ian Meakins, Unilever has a chair with real intellectual heft
Unilever can expect its new chair to have all the smarts of his recent cosmopolitan predecessors, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & OpinionAre pack inserts the smoke-free solution or vape makers’ dream?
A recent Cancer Research UK report expects the government’s smoke-free target not to be met until 2039
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Comment & OpinionAsda is fighting fit, but has it unleashed a sustainable growth strategy?
In the latter days of its time under Walmart, Asda all too often resembled a punch drunk heavyweight boxer
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Comment & OpinionHow brands can harness the power of nostalgia
Nostalgia can be a powerful approach for certain brands, helping them bring back fond memories of their products, says Blake Armstrong, MD at Krow London
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Comment & OpinionKit Kat cereal and Corona Tropical are brand extensions too far
It is safer for brands to operate within their core proposition and expand only where relevant into adjacent spaces, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment & OpinionBritain can’t grow its way out of Europe mega-weather food supply threat
This year’s soggy British summer may well have presented a different argument, but Europe’s heatwaves pose an existential threat to food