All comment & opinion articles – Page 535
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Geoff Burch Talks Shop: The village store
The Briars Mini Market in Oakham, Rutland, looked like a professional and smart village store when retail guru Geoff Burch arrived. But Indy and Nim Gill seem unaware they are in an affluent area...
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Good store managers are entrepreneurs, not caretakers
To the losers, awards are always cruel, and never more so than when individuals are singled out. If a company misses out, a collective sense of injustice — sometimes supplemented by alcohol — can unite a team.
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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: Yes, we can eat odd-shaped veg
If the Obamas are on the case with organic, retailers should take note, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the mad, the bad and the unintentionally hilarious
Oh dear. The Tonight programme has finally lost any semblance of credibility and turned into Brass Eye. Unlike Chris Morris's seminal 90s mockumentary series, however, the issue the unintentionally satirical journalist Mark Jordan purported to...
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Promoting shops in the community
Sir, Over the past week independent retailers, wholesalers and suppliers have been involved in the annual National Independents’ Week. Newsagents, c-stores and rural shops have adopted or adapted the concept of the FWD My Shop Is Your Shop campaign and waved the flag of the retailer who lives over the ...
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Third Party: Customer service is more important than ever
The recession is no excuse for cutting back on customer service, says Tim Ogle. After all, a smile costs nothing
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Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Saturday Essay: Why removing tobacco gantries is positive
Small retailers should move with the times and devote premium space to other products, says Professor Gerard Hastings
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Sometimes it pays to think small
Acquisitions - particularly of smaller stores - continue to reshape grocery, says Clive Baker
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on naked ambition and missing vomitariums
For some, the phrase 'all-you-can-eat' is not a sales pitch but a challenge. It's as if the proprietors are taunting them, daring the unwary to rupture an intestine through cut-price gluttony. Sometimes, however, the pledge of unlimited nosh...
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Saturday Essay: It's time to set the record straight on dairy
More credit should be given to the work done by the dairy industry to improve animal welfare, says Hayley Campbell Gibbons
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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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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: Financial guidance without the straitjacket
A company increases its risk of volatility and reduced valuations if it refuses to give guidance, says James Amoroso
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Editor's Comment: Big four's resilience is extraordinary, but Foley is the prime mover
Our annual exercise in quantifying power (see Power List 2009, p42) isn’t easy. And this year’s Top 10 list of multiples was particularly challenging. One might expect the recession to act as a Darwinian exercise in natural selection. Yet the...
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Saturday Essay: Let consumers vote on GM with their wallets
We must bridge the knowledge gap so shoppers can base decisions on science, not scare stories
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Labels don't shape eating habits
Kevin Hawkins on why the latest FSA research has only confirmed what we knew all along
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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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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: Don't miss out on the power of online ads
The retail sector is not taking advantage of an advertising market now worth more than £3bn, says Danny Brooks
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Why are we wasting our calves?
A shift to dual-purpose breeds could improve food supply and welfare, says Joanna Blythman