All comment & opinion articles – Page 408
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Comment & OpinionSupply chain agility
Waitrose’s increased focus on improving stock availability highlights the importance of a robust and agile supply chain…
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Comment & OpinionHow we can learn from family businesses
The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of quality business debates and conferences…
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Comment & OpinionGregg Wallace engages with Autumn Supermarket Secrets
I’ve lost count of the number of programmes promising to reveal the ‘secrets of the supermarkets’…
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Comment & OpinionWhy multichannel grocery magazines rule the roost
Industry research from YouGov and Seven has revealed consumers think content from brands is the best way to help them…
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Comment & OpinionWhy businesses should invest in women
On a buyer trip to DR Congo this summer, one moment stuck in my mind…
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Comment & OpinionForget Bake Off - what about a TV veg off?
The commissioning editors of the Great British Bake Off must be well pleased with their viewing figures…
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Comment & OpinionThe early buyer catches the worm
Fever-Tree’s early success was greatly accelerated by the then-Waitrose buyer listing it within months of its launch…
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Comment & OpinionTesco as keen as Sainsbury's to emphasise points of difference
Tesco is every bit as keen as Sainsbury’s to emphasise its points of difference on the own-label side…
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Comment & OpinionBritain should embrace pop-up shops
Halloween, just gone, has been embraced by many retailers, particularly the supermarkets, but still more could have been done…
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Comment & OpinionSocial media promotions are rife with pitfalls
At first glance, running a promotion on social media platforms appears simple. But brands must tread carefully…
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Comment & OpinionCheese blocs
First Milk’s deal with Adams Foods is a live case study of the increasingly vertical integration taking place across the UK food industry…
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Comment & OpinionFair's fair
“We’ve all got rather used to supermarket price wars. But there’s a new fight we’re going to pick.” So says Sainsbury’s Mike Coupe on its latest spat with Tesco…
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Comment & OpinionFeeling gloomy
The clocks went back on Saturday but gloom has been gathering on the grocery sector for a while - if you’re inclined to look.
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Comment & OpinionLeaves on the line
The morning after the night before, and St Jude the storm seems to have left behind a lot of scattered leaves, some fallen trees, and a vague sense of anti-climax.
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Comment & OpinionFrances Quinn's Bake Off win: inevitable... but worth watching
The final of The Great British Bake Off was rather disappointing…
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Comment & OpinionQuality versus quantity in the newspaper market
I am fed up with newspaper stories purporting to be news that are in fact based on spurious surveys by PR companies…
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Comment & OpinionFood lags behind on growth
Much of the talk from economic commentators is that the economy is back in growth and about to take off…
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Comment & OpinionFinancing conditions are improving for grocers
The strength of large grocers has been reinforced by a number of successful financings in 2013…
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Comment & OpinionPromotions reach tipping point
The supermarkets are struggling to kick their addiction to trade promotions…
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Comment & OpinionCo-op Bank deal is good news for the Co-op
Is the Co-op Group effectively ceding control of its banking arm to two US hedge funds a ‘tragedy’? Not necessarily…