All comment & opinion articles – Page 489
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Wholesaling inefficiencies damage us all
When even the biggest suppliers cause problems in the supply chain, it makes life harder still, says Steve Parfett
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A dirty industry in a clean land
Salmon regulators have been in denial about the environmental catastrophe that salmon…
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Justin King isn’t dead, but there's a new king at Sainsbury’s
I think the Gok Wan clothing range will have a more material impact on Sainsbury’s bottom line…
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Hell toupee for 99p shop in wig horror show
After the riots in Croydon, the last thing the less-than-leafy London borough needs is a race row on the high street.
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Dancing around the handbags
The Big Price Drop initiative is not radical enough to herald a price war, says Dr Clive Black
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The Big Price Drop sums up UK grocery
Despite the price wars, consumers are still sceptical: only 17% think supermarkets are doing enough to help.
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Laboutins and stinky boy cover
Some good news in the midst of the recessionary gloom at P&F. I have been promoted from account manager to senior account manager.
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Price war comes at the expense of quality
As the economy recovers, consumers will look for new points of difference not just price cuts, says Simon Crouch
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There’s no excuse for a poor delivery service
Online grocery retailers only offering day-long time slots for orders will pay the price in lost custom, says Andrew Yeoman
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Big rewards for a sustainable food system
Our food system is currently failing on climate change, but WWF-UK has advice for government, says Mark Driscoll
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Critical Eye... on Hugh's meat-free masochism
First he did away with the discards; now he’s ditching the fish completely. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall goes veggie for the new River Cottage (Channel 4, Sunday 8pm), taking on “a whole summer without flesh” beneath a suitably…
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How to deliver the Portas vision?
Whatever the Queen of Shops proposes will need a realistic assessment, says Kevin Hawkins
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Fixing the obesity epidemic is as hard as fixing the euro
The coalition wants to nudge, but the nannying instinct is still strong, as reaction to the Department of Health’s proposals last week proved.
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It is possible to measure the impact of marketing
In the digital era, all you need is creative thinking and data to gauge the effect you’ve had on sales, says Felix Velarde
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New war on Whitehall’s wanton waist
The government gets a lot of flak over food policy - sometimes rightly so, you might say.
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PR prisons and Olympic transgressions
News that a vast temporary prison is to be set up in London during the Olympics has sent shivers down the spines of marketing folk.
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Job Dun
This morning C&C Group announced another set of healthy results, with profits up for the first half of the year.
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Chinese walls
After last month handing a new role to Dave Cheesewright, this week has brought more upheaval in the senior ranks at Walmart.
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Where will it end?
There’s a power dynamic in any relationship, even those where both parties secretly suspect they could do a bit better.
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Planning for an internal job interview and administering a kick up one's own backside
Prepare and plan, just as you would if applying for an external role. You need to shine don’t believe this will be a shoo-in and a friendly chat. You will be up against a very hungry group of candidates and you must not be ill-prepared.