All comment & opinion articles – Page 534
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Saturday Essay: Let's get more forward thinking on finance
Supply Chain Finance provides the liquidity vital to help suppliers weather the economic downturn, says Mark Perera
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the bumbling Boris of British BBQs
He's posh. He's full of himself. And he's prone to lamely risqué quips such as "If that was any fresher I'd have to spank it". But he's not Huge Furry-Witteringballs. Which makes Valentine Warner, the "chef by trade, greedy by nature" presenter...
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: It's game, set and match for bottled water
And it isn't just Wimbledon and hot weather that have made more people wake up to its benefits, says Patrick Kalotis
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Third Party: Think outside the box and earn eco-appeal
It is possible to meet customer demand for greener packaging while keeping costs and prices down, says Jean-Louis Evans
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Don't jeopardise a recovering economy for the sake of one month
The secret of comedy, it has oft been observed, is timing. But why stick with just comedy? Politics, business, sport, murder - the effectiveness of almost every decision relies to a greater or lesser extent on its timing.
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Seven key steps to food security
The only really secure food system is one that is built on sustainability, says Tim Lang
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: Let's celebrate industry's record on health
Despite the financial climate, there's no 'health crunch' when it comes to new product development, says Melanie Leech
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Discounter revolution? Hmm...
The deep discounters are doing well but their growth isn't sustainable, says Dr Clive Black
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Third Party: To fix in or not to fix in - that is the question
Importers have been hit hard by volatile currency markets and need help with risk management, says Richard Arundel
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Editor's Comment: 'We need your help to fight looming calendar crunch'
It’s a very midsummer madness. Right now all thoughts are with sun, sand, picnics, holidays, and the welcome impact of a heatwave. But in retail, July also means Christmas – the golden quarter – is just around the corner.
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Editor's Comment: Diverse offer, not size, is key to beating recession
A remarkable feature of the recession has been the resilience of the supermarkets (as well as many grocery retailers), says Adam Leyland
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: More to being green than CSR brochures
The year 2010 is the UN International Year of Biodiversity, when a concerted effort will be made to highlight the role plant and animal species play in buffering the adverse effects of climate change.
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: So Sir Paul knows best, does he?
The silly season is well and truly upon us. Sir Paul McCartney urges us to give up eating meat on Mondays in support of the great crusade against global warming.
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Third Party: Know your shoppers and you’ll keep them
The recession is having an impact on every business, regardless of size. While in most cases it is contributing to a serious slowdown in sales, for some it is having the opposite effect. Only a couple of months ago, one large grocery retailer...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on a very 80s nightmare
Watching The Supersizers Eat... the 80s (BBC2, Monday) was like opening a time capsule you buried last week and finding things were somehow much, much worse than you remembered.
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Third Party: Shoppers seek reassurance of retro brands
Brands can boost the loyalty factor by playing the nostalgia card, but will retro have a long shelf life?