All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 225
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Comment & OpinionDigital in vogue
Of the 28 recommendations on how to save the high street by Queen of Shops Mary Portas, way back now in December 2011, not a single one mentioned anything about digital technology. In fact, in the climate at the time and for a good while after, if online was spoken ...
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NewsHigh streets to get help on digital strategy from advisory board
A new government drive will help high streets wake up to the opportunities presented by digital technology.
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NewsBooze industry eliminates 253 million units of alcohol from shelves
Retailers and drinks suppliers removed 253 million units of alcohol from the shelves in the first year of the industry’s flagship alcohol reduction pledge.
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NewsLocal bans on high-strength, cheap booze safe from CMA
The new competition authority does not plan to outlaw local authority and police schemes barring high-strength booze…
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NewsOrganix in No Junk campaign as 'mums don't trust industry'
Fewer than one in 10 mothers trust the food and drink industry to make products that are good for their children…
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NewsTesco takes supermarket price war online with delivery cuts
Online delivery has emerged as the new battlefront in the supermarket price war…
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NewsUnilever blames late Easter for dip in food sales
Unilever reported what it described as “good growth despite slowing markets” today, in a set of first-quarter results that were slightly better than forecast.
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Comment & OpinionA changing mindset
The scourge of binge drinking facing the nation may be less of a crisis than the government and health campaigners had led us to believe.
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NewsRising alcohol prices credited for fall in serious violence
Rising alcohol prices have been credited with causing a sharp drop in the number of people injured in serious violence across England and Wales.
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NewsTesco cuts price of everyday items and delivery charges
Tesco ramped up its price offensive today as it cut the cost of more than 30 products on everyday lines, including breakfast items such as bacon, baked beans and bread.
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NewsDH abandons plans to restrict HFSS food promotions
The government has dropped plans for a clampdown on the promotion of products high in fat, salt or sugar in stores…
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NewsCCE seeks to increase domestic recycling with new bin designs
Coca-Cola Enterprises is harnessing the power of social media to find new prototype designs for domestic recycling bins…
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NewsHybrid labelling scheme wins over second wave of suppliers
The government has revealed that a second wave of suppliers have agreed to sign up to its new hybrid front-of-pack labelli…
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Grocer 33Tesco Purley
Service is always the key focus. Creating that culture in store where staff are willing to say hello to customers…
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Comment & OpinionTesco pulled in two directions
Tesco is torn between a price war and a store refresh programme. Can it possibly succeed at both?
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NewsTesco’s store plan: More Giraffes and gyms in the pipeline
Tesco is to open more than 100 Giraffe, Decks and Harris+Hooles as part of plans to accelerate its UK store turnaround programme.
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NewsTesco promises more price cuts as profits drop 6%
Tesco today promised to accelerate the price war against its supermarket rivals and the discounters, as group profits fell 6%.
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NewsTesco returns to the US with F&F fashion chain
Tesco is set to re-enter the US market, with its fashion chain F&F aiming to conquer the states as part of its global expansion plans.
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NewsYoung People's Panel to help Tesco support younger employees
Tesco has set up an advisory panel of some of its brightest young employees…
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NewsSugar war professor Robert Lustig plans UK lecture tour
The US professor credited with launching the war on sugar has announced a UK lecture tour…