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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today?Through being sufficiently gullible to believe my brother when he told me in 1999 that Cook was a guaranteed winner. And through being given fantastic training by a lot of great people at...
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Personal coach Philip Hesketh On the skills and qualities needed to be a top persuader
Imagine that you need to buy a pen to write an article in The Grocer. You see a lovely Mont Blanc in a jeweller's window with the price tag of a small family saloon. It's sleek and shiny and gorgeous, and you dream about how smoothly the ink...
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Personal coach Philip Hesketh On the skills and qualities needed to be a top persuader
You have to get someone to like you and believe in youImagine that you need to buy a pen to write an article in The Grocer. You see a lovely Mont Blanc in a jeweller&'s window with the price tag of a small family saloon....
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Coca-Cola makes the most of its World Cup
When monitoring promotional activity in the main power aisle, it is obvious the larger brands and companies will dominate. In future Promotrack features, Assosia will regularly look at newcomers to the featured space aisles who may not have the...
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Coca-Cola makes the most of its World Cup
Soft drinks giant moves entire category up into third place, featuring heavily in all five major multiples with footie offersWhen monitoring promotional activity in the main power aisle, it is obvious the larger brands and companies...
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Marketing guru rises at United Co-op
Patrick Allen, head of group marketing at United Co-operatives, is joining the management executive. Allen joined in May 2004 from running a consultancy. He introduced a corporate marketing department, which brought together the marketing...
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Nisa-Today's seeks to polish Costcutter deal
Terms for the Costcutter merger with Nisa-Today's are being enhanced to make them more attractive to Nisa-Today's members, according to insiders. A source close to the board said: "It was always the intention for merger proposals to be...
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Jordans: Superfoods way to start the day
Cereal specialist Jordans is bringing a selection of powerful natural nutrients to the breakfast table, under a brand name that leaves little doubt about its promises. The Superfoods trio of muesli, bars and breakfast flakes have a...
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Wise decision not to extend Sunday trading
I'm glad Julian Hunt welcomed the government's wise decision not to extend Sunday trading hours for large stores (Opinion, The Grocer, 8 July, p3), as it was also a victory for thousands of Usdaw members across the UK.Usdaw made clear...
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Hard discounters muscle in on organic for staple ranges
Hard discounters are jumping on the organic bandwagon with Aldi, Lidl and Netto developing ranges. Aldi has begun the roll out of a range of own label organic staples, comprising seven lines in the dry staple goods category, as well as...
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Disney walks on the wild side with health
In moves that associate it further with healthy eating instead of fast food, Disney is linking up with two UK retailers' fruit offers. Its latest animated release, The Wild, is being promoted with on-pack offers in Somerfield. Customers...
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Store robbers could end up red in the face
A Manchester c-store retailer plans to spray criminals with red dye in a bid to reduce hold-ups in his shop. Robert Madden's store in Chorlton-cum-Hardy has been robbed seven times this year, and staff have been threatened with guns,...
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McCracken hails recovery in food sales
The Co-operative Group's food retail business is enjoying its first period of like-for-like growth after almost two years of negative same store sales. In an exclusive interview, Guy McCracken, who heads the food business, said: "In the...
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'French wines are the way for independents'
French wine offers the greatest opportunity in the drinks market for independent retailers, according to an industry expert. Speaking at last week's Drinksummit 2006, ACNielsen's senior client manager Peter Reynolds said the independent...
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'French wines are the way for independents'
French wine offers the greatest opportunity in the drinks market for independent retailers, according to an industry expert.Speaking at last week&'s Drinksummit 2006, ACNielsen&'s senior client manager Peter Reynolds said...
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Hot stuff Holiday gadgets
Archos AV 700 TV: from £500This is not an AV 700. In fact, it's not even a personal media player. This is an MDVR - a mobile digital video recorder. To Stuff's knowledge it's the first device of its kind anywhere. While...
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Hot stuff Holiday gadgets
This is not an AV 700. In fact, it&'s not even a personal media player. This is an MDVR - a mobile digital video recorder. To Stuff&'s knowledge it&'s the first device of its kind anywhere.While this device plays...
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Ginsters takes a turn into healthy snacks
Truck drivers will need to have their wits about them the next time they reach for a Ginsters-branded product at a motorway service station, because they might not get the snack they bargained for. The company, which is best known for its...
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Retailers say... Symbol groups give good service
It's more welcoming Bipin Patel, Deptford Convenience store Size: 1,000 sq ft?I'm a member of a symbol group and I tend to do most of my buying from there because it's convenient and availability is always very good. But...
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Retailers say... Symbol groups give good service
?I&'m a member of a symbol group and I tend to do most of my buying from there because it&'s convenient and availability is always very good. But it has also helped me to develop my store and it&'s much better now....