All comment & opinion articles – Page 522
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Third Party: There are rich pickings with channel surfers
Get to know the multichannel shoppers – they are promiscuous but very clear about what they want
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Insects in the City
As National Insect Week comes to an end (we managed to get it on several digital radio stations), our latest recipe series is just hitting its stride.
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Independent View: The front of store is key for deals
Take tips from the big four and make sure the front of house is chocca with eyecatching deals offering genuinely good value
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Scotch whisky ‘discrimination’
Sir, The Scotch Whisky Association welcomes the Chancellor's decision to freeze the excise duty on alcohol and to press ahead with a review of the system this autumn.
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When a quango is not a quango
I am concerned as to the lack of accuracy with respect to the box 'The List Goes On... Other Quangos' covers what the writer believes to be other quangos, and suggests that their existence may be under threat as a...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on why kids all love an asparagus frittata
There were sparse pickings to be had on the food show front this week thanks to the World Cup. And the one programmeI would have written about Mary Queen of Shops we covered last week.
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Third Party: Businesses must prepare for the unexpected
Take steps to ensure the loss of senior staff doesn’t cause long-term disruption to your organisation, warns Rob Walker
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: From Dolestretcher to Kandipants
You know how we PR girls work. Give us money, food, sex, shoes, and clothes (not necessarily in that order, apart from the money) and bingo: you get award-winning campaigns. Happy clients.
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Saturday Essay: The freezer is fuller but there’s room for more
Consumers should be encouraged to spend more time seeking out high-end frozen products, says Norman Soutar
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Make way for a home-made takeaway
The scratch-cooking revolution continues apace! Now a new book is set to oust the hardback gospels of Jamie and Delia from kitchen shelves.Despite its title, The Takeaway Secret is not a Dan Brown potboiler about what sort of meat that...
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Saturday Essay: The government should leave VAT well alone
Raising and extending VAT would dampen consumer spending, hit the poorest and fuel inflation, says Melanie Leech
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Third Party: Fmcg brands must get connected to digital
TV ads are proliferating during the World Cup but online engagement is notable by its absence, says Scott Knox
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on a slapdown for the Queen of Shops
Mary Portas, the self-styled Queen of Shops, is back to save the high street from itself. She breezed in on a gust of messianic zeal, striding past derelict shops under ominous London...
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Second Opinion: Minimum pricing doesn’t work
And determining the right unit price for alcohol isn’t as easy as it looks, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Smallcox in Hoxton
OMG! Must Titania do everything? Juggling more accounts than Bernie Madoff is one thing, but being forced to dip my impossibly dainty toes into the slimy pond of advertising yuk!
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Second Opinion: Why the FSA should be left alone
The agency is gaining trust, and integrated advice on food makes sense, says Tim Lang
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Third Party: Nutrition claims are damaging our industry
Food and drink manufacturers must cooperate more to communicate scientific truths about food, says Ben Hickey
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Saturday Essay: Killing our cows won’t help save the planet
But using the world-class UK dairy industry as a blueprint for best practice in other countries could, says John Allen
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Critical Eye... on Rick Stein's special speciousness
As pointless goes, I've seen worse, I suppose. There was the S-level question on whether the only meaningful literature in the future would be written by Catholics or other groups with strong value systems.
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Don Pumsey: a DRIP retrospective
After offending and delighting readers in equal measure, the satirical column of Don Pumsey – at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing (DRIP) – ended last week as a new era opens for politics. We look back at the wit, wisdom, wanton spending and idle wickedness of a legend