Helen Dickinson news, features and comment – Page 33
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NewsCity snapshot: High street traffic slumps 4% over Christmas
UK footfall was down 2.2% year on year in December, with traffic on UK high streets slumping by 4%
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat's in store for food prices in 2016?
With crude plunging below $30 a barrel and plentiful stocks, more deflation is on the cards - at least in early 2016
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NewsShoppers turn to online this Christmas as the high street struggles
UK retail sales rose just 0.1% in the run up to Christmas as the appeal of shopping online grew, with supermarkets dragging themselves into the black.
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NewsBestway's Choudrey among top industry figures recognised in New Year's Honours
Also recognised were Helen Dickinson of the BRC and Sacla’ UK MD Clare Blampied
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NewsPre-Christmas trading has little effect on deflation
The BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index reports year-on-year deflation of 2% for December…
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NewsCity snapshot: Families to spend less this Christmas despite extra cash
Asda has warned that although shoppers will have more money in their pockets this Christmas they are likely to spend less than a year ago
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Analysis & FeaturesIs high street's future any brighter without Mary Portas?
Will the revamped Future High Streets Forum prove any more effective now that Mary Portas has left the picture?
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Analysis & FeaturesAutumn Statement 2015 – industry reactions
Here’s our round-up of how the grocery industry has reacted to today’s Autumn statement
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NewsRetail sales slump in October
Shoppers are holding fire in anticipation of Black Friday, the latest intelligence from the British Retail Consortium for October suggests.
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NewsCity snapshot: Premier Foods grows branded sales for first time in two years
Premier Foods has posted the first quarterly increase in branded sales for two years this morning as it announces the introduction of a new brand from Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood.
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NewsFood prices still falling, reveals Shop Price Index
Prices fell 0.4% compared with the same month last year
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NewsCity snapshot: Gross profits up 35% at newly listed Applegreen
Irish forecourt operator Applegreen saw a 35% increase in gross profits in its first interim results as a listed company
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NewsCity snapshot: Deflation ticks up to 1.4% in July
Overall shop prices reported an increase in deflation to 1.4% in July from 1.3% deflation in June, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
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Analysis & FeaturesA real living wage: is it time for the grocery trade to pay up?
The introduction of the national living wage by George Osborne has only fuelled calls for a higher living wage to be paid
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NewsCity Snapshot: Dairy Crest reports strong cheese quarter
Dairy Crest says its expectations are unchanged on the back of strong cheese growth, while Ferrero reaches 72% of Thorntons ownership
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NewsNew National Living Wage: what are the implications for grocery?
George Osborne announced plans for a new compulsory ‘national living wage’ today. Here’s our round-up of reactions from industry and employment experts.
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NewsCity Snapshot: Nomad Foods seeks more cash for big deals
Nomad Foods has issued a rallying call to institutional investors in a bid to raise more cash for further big deals. Plus shares soar is Fever-Tree as it ups full-year expectations, SABMiller appoints new CFO, Booker reports Q1 figures ahead of AGM and the BRC’s latest shop prices index.
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NewsCity Snapshot: Food sales stablise in May
Britain’s grocers saw food sales stabilise in May but the chilly weather and lack of sustained sunshine dampened overall retail figures for the month, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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NewsBRC warns of business rates review inaction
The Chancellor’s launch of a review of business rates risks kicking the issue “into the long grass” until long after the e…
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News2015 Budget: fmcg industry reactions
Reactions to today’s budget from the wider industry will be updated here as we get them in