All articles by George Nott – Page 22
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NewsInfluencer recipe grocery shopping platform Cartd launches
The platform translates recipe videos into the featured constituent ingredients to create pre-built shopping baskets on its website
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Comment & OpinionCan Aldi really leverage a successful retail media network?
Retailers are seemingly unable to ignore the promise of launching their own retail media networks. The margins are hard to pass by
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NewsIceland roll out staff headsets across store estate
The estate-wide rollout – expected to complete by April – follows a successful trial in select stores last year
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NewsAldi explores retail media network potential with ‘centre of excellence’
It is understood work on the retail media network is at an early stage, with the discounter recruiting media analysts and experts ahead of its “creation, launch and rollout”
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NewsMindful Chef website crashes under weight of demand
The week from Boxing Day saw a 2,069% increase in new customer sign-ups, the brand said
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Comment & OpinionGoogle’s ‘cookiepocalypse’ spells opportunity for supermarket giants
Third-party cookies – sometimes known as tracking cookies or targeting cookies – are a powerful tool for marketeers. Supermarkets will thrive when they’ve gone.
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Comment & OpinionA 2024 outlook – supermarket and fmcg priorities for the year ahead
There are plenty of hurdles ahead for the supermarket fmcg sector, but what are the main barriers to success in 2024?
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NewsVaping sales more than double to £1.7bn as cigarettes are cancelled
The vaping category has more than doubled in size and added almost £1bn in extra sales this year
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RankingsVaping & tobacco 2023: Controversy can’t prevent ElfBar boom
The continued growth of ElfBar and Lost Mary has come despite their devices being found to contain 50% more than the legal limit of liquid nicotine in independent testing
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RankingsBatteries 2023: No boost yet from home working shift
The category maintained overall value thanks to price inflation of 4.6% per pack
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RankingsHow advertisers got serious about humour: Top Campaigns 2023
i The days of earnest, purpose-driven marketing may be behind us. This year brands have turned to laughter to entice and entertain shoppers
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NewsReusable packaging company Dizzie nears crowdfunding target ahead of ‘major grocer’ trial
Dizzie said it would use the cash injection to begin a trial with “a major grocer”, roll out its reusable container tracking system and develop new packaging
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NewsLast-mile platform Stuart teases new year grocery growth following acquisition
Stuart UK general manager John Gillan said the company’s growth in the sector would be driven by supermarkets developing their own quick delivery channels
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NewsAsda responsible for nearly half of all substitution complaints on social media
The supermarket accounted for 47% of the more than 700 complaints on X (formerly Twitter) about substitutions among the major supermarkets
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NewsLocker-based takeaway collection concept launches in London
The Co-Kitchens has launched in Dalston, housing eight food brands that operate from so-called cloud or ghost kitchens on the site
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Comment & OpinionDenise Van Outen spills the Christmas Secrets of Supermarket Own-Brands
Christmas is a time of trading up, splashing out and impressing guests. Does the necessary frugality of our times apply to the festive season?
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NewsUnilever and Accenture partner to ‘scale generative AI’
The work will commence at Unilever’s global AI R&D centre Horizon3 Labs, which opened in Toronto in November
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NewsUber Eats offering £200, 10-course Ynyshir tasting menu
Uber Eats Hosts will offer high-end “unique dining experiences” for customers to enjoy at home for limited runs through next year
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NewsDeliveroo launches brussels sprout sandwich to ‘convert the bashers’
The Christmas Sproutwich is available to order from Deliveroo’s owned Deliveroo Editions kitchens in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Bristol for 99p until Friday
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NewsTHG buys skincare brand Biossance for ‘less than nothing’
A five-hour bidding process saw THG secure Biossance’s IP, inventory and debtors with a book value of $29m