All articles by George Nott – Page 15
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News
Ocado launches TV ad campaign for updated Price Promise
The Price Promise was revived in March, covering 10,000 products and including Clubcard deals
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Analysis and Features
Is a fashion marketplace the right move for Sainsbury’s?
Reports say Sainsbury’s is pursuing an online marketplace model
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Comment and Opinion
Milk: Wellcome Collection exhibition presents chaotic shocks and absorbing historical insight
A dairy farmer’s dream. A giant udder with 13 teats instead of four
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Working conditions at rapid grocers getting worse, report finds
The rapid grocery sector had been notable in avoiding gig-economy labour practices, tempting workers with set hours and the promise of bonuses
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Online grocer Modern Milkman launches refillables range
‘The Refillables’ range will initially be made up of breakfast staples including cornflakes, choco pops, rice pops and granulated sugar
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Amazon checkout-free tech powers London c-store launch
The Market Express store was launched this week by ExCel and its catering and hospitality provider Levy UK & Ireland
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‘Alexa, open McCain’: audio ad urges listeners to ‘speak directly’ to brand
The ad is running on popular streaming channels including Spotify, Acast and Dax
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Comment and Opinion
Pressure Cooker: knives out in tangentially cooking-related psychological ordeal
It can’t be easy coming up with new twists on the cooking competition format
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M&S own-label supplier testing energy-efficient soup robots
The Souper Green project is part of the government-backed Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator programme
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AI-generated food images fool majority of UK consumers
Consumers were asked to look at photographs of prepared dishes at Eataly London, and AI-generated images of the same dishes created with DALL-E
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Just Eat appoints new UK chief from John Lewis
Claire Pointon has spent just over three years as customer and digital boss at John Lewis, reporting to the CEO
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Analysis and Features
‘Self-destructing’ plastic. The saviour of food and drink packaging?
Polymateria says it has overcome plastic’s ‘impossible challenge’
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Comment and Opinion
Mad Women: talking heads doc looks at advertising’s sexist history
Shockingly sexist jingles were common in the era before women actually got involved in admaking
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Co-op targets close to third of quick commerce grocery market within four years
The retailer’s ambition is to take 30% of the UK quick convenience market, which it defines as fast deliveries made from stores to customer homes
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Heinz launches points-based loyalty scheme on DTC site
The scheme sees 10 ‘Beanz Pointz’ earned for every pound spent purchasing products from Heinz’s DTC site
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Analysis and Features
How European retailer Picnic is breaking own-label packaging rules
Picnic’s artsy own-label range forgoes a sense of corporate identity and prioritises delighting shoppers
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ElfBar pulls all TikTok marketing after breaching ad rules
Imperial Tobacco raised complaint with Advertising Standards Authority over vape brand’s day-in-the-life ad
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BAT appoints James Murphy as new research chief
James Murphy has been with BAT Group for more than 17 years in various senior roles
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M&S sees online visibility increase thanks to TikTok boost
The increase in the retailer’s visibility metric sees it rank second only to Tesco, which saw its visibility increase by 6% in the past 12 months
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Self-destructing plastic tech firm Polymateria secures £20m funding
Polymateria’s proprietary technology can be added to existing plastic packaging manufacturing processes