All Industry Insight articles – Page 20
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Profiles
Tesco’s Adam Jarvis on Pride, badgers and Jonathan Bailey
‘There is always more we can be doing, but I’m proud that Tesco is standing together with our LGBTQ+ communities’
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Comment & Opinion
What Waitrose’s posh meal kits say about its core target customer
Waitrose’s acquisition of posh meal kit delivery brand Dishpatch is the latest of its strategy to redefine its core customer base
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Category Report
Energy drinks trends 2024: Can Red Bull outrun Monster?
Energy drinks brands are racing ahead, with flavour innovation, festival appearances and keen pricing broadening their appeal
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Category Report
Energy products trends 2024: Can challengers go the distance?
Can deals with influencers such as ultra-runner and ‘Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook help challenger energy brands go the distance?
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Comment & Opinion
The next retail revolution will be in-store experiences
Consumers, especially gen Z, increasingly seek experiences over acquiring products, says Sara Parrish, experience strategy director at Imagination
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Comment & Opinion
Diageo’s ‘Flavour Forecast’ shows how AI can shape future booze NPD
Diageo’s new AI-powered report could help give it the edge against its smaller, more nimble rivals
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Promotional Features
Cold brew coffee 101: everything you need to know
While the iced coffee category has been performing well in the UK market, it is cold brew coffee that is really stealing the limelight. Discover why it is becoming so popular with consumers and how retailers and brand owners can benefit
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Comment & Opinion
Evian’s mountaineer meets Alpine mischief makers
Water brand Evian is welcoming us to ‘the mountain of youth’
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Comment & Opinion
How challenger brands can make an impact in a crowded market
One of the biggest challenges often faced by startups is becoming recognised. It’s particularly difficult when you don’t have a large budget
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Analysis & Features
Why would vape brand Lost Mary want to move into food and drink categories?
New Lost Mary trademark applications are paving the way for brand extensions into sweets, ice cream and booze
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Profiles
Madame F founder Iain Muggoch on Queer Britain, startups and Tony Laithwaite
For Pride month, wine brand founder Iain talks about the struggles of a startup and his work with the Madame F Queer Britain Art Award
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Analysis & Features
How much are the top supermarket bosses paid?
From the lowest to the highest, here are the salaries of the UK’s leading supermarket bosses
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Comment & Opinion
Post Office scandal shows the perils of bowing down to data
The Post Office provides a cautionary tale about being blindly led by data, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Ru Brown, Pride lead, Tesco
At just 22 years old, Ru shares how they are driving LGBTQ+ inclusion at the UK’s largest retailer
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Comment & Opinion
Visual cues link Ocado convenience with summertime
The ad sees a series of people reminded to buy items based on some seasonal prompts
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Analysis & Features
Political digs and cheese Swifts: this week on grocery social media
The UK’s cost of cheese crisis highlights economic woes and Ocado, Itsu and Lidl hop on gen Z trends
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Comment & Opinion
Uncensored CMO: vital marketing podcast unpacks Cadbury creatives
The podcast – which has become a must listen for marketing bods – does fine work covering the nuts and bolts of the ad-making process
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Comment & Opinion
Brands need educating on the retail media opportunity
It is doubtful whether retailers are successfully selling all of the benefits or scale that retail media offers, says Anthony Carr, MD, Sellex
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Comment & Opinion
How fmcg can take advantage of summer sporting events
The evolving consumer habits around major sporting events offer opportunities and challenges, says Ananda Roy, SVP of global thought leadership and strategic insights at Circana
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Profiles
Redefine Meat’s Simon Owen on rescue dogs, spiders and The Bear
‘One thing I would change in grocery is the inequality of price and margin expectation between meat and plant-based’