All comment & opinion articles – Page 421
-
Comment & OpinionZero-hours contracts will damage employee motivation
Corks were popping last month, at least among us adults, when the 17-year-old son of a friend secured a ‘proper’ job…
-
Comment & OpinionDanny Trejo cuts a dash as Old El Paso brings families together
Old El Paso has secured a genuine coup with the capture of movie hard-man Danny Trejo for its latest ad…
-
Comment & OpinionThe PR cynicism of banana prices and the Simon Cowell egg stunt
It is with a jaundiced eye that I approach this week’s news, but I’m immediately cheered by an old favourite…
-
Comment & OpinionDigital data will drive the future of retail
Google and the BRC released data showing the number of shoppers searching for items on smartphones rose 79% in March…
-
Comment & OpinionWhy businesses are staying sustainable in the downturn
The British consumer has rarely had it so bad. Inflation is stubbornly above target, household bills are soaring…
-
Comment & OpinionThe Roux Scholarship serves up more gaunt-faced ubiquity
Rumour has it Michel Roux Jr invited every single TV producer in the country round for dinner last year…
-
Comment & OpinionVenture brands need nurturing
Will lack of culture and love be the Achilles heel for venture brands?…
-
Comment & OpinionSustainable farming means animals should be kept outside
In our green land, pasture-fed meat production makes total sense…
-
Comment & OpinionOde to WH Smith
WH Smith reported another sales dip today. Its like-for-like sales were down 6% year on year for the 14 weeks to 8 June, while total sales in its high-street division fell 8%…
-
Comment & OpinionSainsbury's wins big
Sainsbury’s was the big winner at last night’s Grocer Gold Awards 2013.The supermarket chain went one better than its haul of four last year - walking off with five awards on the night.As well as retaining the Online Retailer of The Year gong, it won Consumer Initiative of the Year ...
-
Comment & OpinionAG Barr-Britvic merger: A different place
What was the OFT thinking when it referred the proposed merger of AG Barr and Britvic to the Competition Commission?
-
Comment & OpinionAmbrosia sets up a depressing summer with Devon Dream
Ambrosia is focusing on summer in its new ad for cream-custard hybrid Devon Dream…
-
Comment & OpinionFor new brands, the UK is a land of opportunity
I’m in California at the moment on a road trip…
-
Comment & Opinion
Lad mags: don't go crazy
The interest groups calling for the removal of lads’ mags from supermarket shelves risk jeopardising their credibility by exhibiting “political correctness gone mad…
-
Comment & Opinion
Conservatives' tobacco smoke signals are not encouraging
Stupidly, I had begun to think that nothing politicians did would amaze me any longer…
-
Comment & Opinion
Food Unwrapped's 'bombshell revelations' fail to impress
Oh, the self-sacrifice. Jimmy Doherty and his team are once again travelling the world to find out what’s in our food…
-
Comment & Opinion
Farming after EU exit - what would happen?
There remains much chatter about the UK possibly leaving the EU…
-
Comment & Opinion
Supply chain finance comes of age
A decade ago the buyer was king. Contacts were guarded even from their own finance and treasury departments…
-
Comment & OpinionAsda tackles food waste with FareShare
As a nation we spend £40bn on eating out each year and yet four million adults and children in the UK go hungry…
-
Comment & Opinion
Great British dimwits, Fiji questions and Professor Horsemeat
You can take the news that two out of three shoppers are baffled by bogofs in two ways…