All comment & opinion articles – Page 423
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Comment & OpinionBellwethers ring true
The surprising and encouraging news in this week’s trading figures from Unilever and SABMiller is the resurgence in emerging market growth.
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Comment & OpinionRecruitment is about more than just the person you're hiring
One of the most important decisions facing any organisation is recruiting the right people…
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Comment & OpinionNew sugar campaign spices up food politics
Sugar has long been a hot political issue. Action on Sugar, launched last week, was about its impact on public health…
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Comment & OpinionLessons from the horsemeat scandal
It’s a year since the horsemeat scandal broke. In our research, half of consumers say they have changed shopping habits…
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Comment & OpinionHeritage brands: the problems raised when East eats West
There has been a recent upturn in M&A activity, partly driven by a return of confidence and an appetite for brands…
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets need to rethink their brand strategies
The end-of-year trading results of the supermarkets were entirely predictable…
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Comment & OpinionA killer opportunity
Brands are seeing huge opportunities in sponsoring gaming teams - that is, professional video gamers…
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Comment & OpinionCaffeine recall reminds P&F to give Morrisons an apostrophe
Let’s talk about Morrison’s, apostrophe s…
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Comment & OpinionMonkey Miller crosses PG Tips with Typhoo error
Ben Miller – the former Death in Paradise star – made rather a faux pas when talking to the Radio Times…
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Comment & OpinionThe obesity debate breaks bad
In the obesity debate a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but not as bad as making it up…
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Comment & OpinionA dog's life
The ‘pet humanisation’ phenomenon looks like it’s here to stay, with some companies now selling raw pet food in the same form as human food…
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Comment & OpinionThe food price dilemma
When it comes to food prices, we tend to display some pretty contradictory attitudes…
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Comment & OpinionWe need more innovation
I found myself asking whether the big brands and retailers had embraced much of an innovation agenda in 2013…
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Comment & OpinionIt's time the FSA started treating us like grown-ups
I do wish our public health bodies would stop treating us all like kids…
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Comment & OpinionThe Taste: a spoonful of top judges... but no wow factor
Television theory says when it comes to talent shows, the ‘talent’ is always of secondary importance to the judges…
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Comment & OpinionSuntory time
The news that Japanese brewer Suntory has acquired US spirit company Beam Incseems to have come as only a momentary surprise to many in the City.
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Comment & OpinionA juicy story
The National Obesity Forum (NOF) has claimed that rising obesity rates in the UK could have been underestimated. But its report has been questioned by the UK Health Forum…
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Comment & OpinionWhy falling online customer satisfaction is bad news
The fastest sales growth for 13 years was reported for the UK’s online retailers in September 2013…
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Comment & OpinionThe public wants better animal welfare
A year on and the horsemeat scandal continues to rock the food industry…
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Protecting clotted cream
Trewithen Dairy absolutely agrees that clotted cream is a most valuable asset and should have its traditional Cornish origins firmly protected…