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M&S has high hopes of credit card scheme
Marks and Spencer Money expects to sign 5 million customers to its new &more joint credit and loyalty card – more than all its rival retailers’ cards put together.Group chief executive officer Roger Holmes said the conversion of 2.3 million...
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Diet Coke’s model prize
Supermodel Caprice is to star in TV commercials for Diet Coke’s Destination Hollywood promotion, the brand’s biggest on-pack offer yet. The promotion offers prizes that “money can’t buy”, including the opportunity to attend a star-studded Hollywood...
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Tackling the compliance crisis
It’s a common supplier whinge: “You strike a deal with the person behind the desk, only to find what has been agreed is not executed in store. We are being screwed and enough is enough.” But isn’t it time brand owners stopped blaming retailers...
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Tackling the compliance crisis
If compliance is to improve, suppliers as well as retailers must be more proactive says Siân HarringtonIt’s a common supplier whinge: “You strike a deal with the person behind the desk, only to find what has been agreed is not...
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Cool Trader expansion
Cooltrader, the frozen food chain set up by former Iceland boss Malcolm Walker, has opened its eighth store in Manchester.Buying director Andy Errington said the company – set up by Walker in July 2001 – was stepping up its store opening...
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Counter revolutions
How a state-of-the-art Tesco store is going down with shoppers and local retailers. Anne Bruce reportsBy the time Tesco opened the doors of its flagship store in Hove, East Sussex, for the first time last week more than 400 shoppers...
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Into the valley of death
Career: Between 1991 and 1996 he was a buyer at Sainsbury, with stints as a pork buyer and senior manager for beers, spirits and soft drinks. With Diageo since 1996 in senior roles including MD of Guinness GB and president (North America) South...
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Despatch points
The major grocery chains in Northern Ireland are The Co-operative Group, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury, Safeway and Tesco. Our mystery shoppers do not visit Iceland and M&S, so how do they measure up?Iceland stores in NI are...
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This is no time for distractions
Could Sainsbury’s focus on its new non-food range be causing a distraction for its food offering? This month’s TradeTrak survey from ACNielsen suggests the multiple may have taken its eye off the ball when it comes to food as its market share of...
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Halls eyes the ladies for sales
A leading meat producer is hoping to appeal more to women in a bid to boost sales of one of its oldest brands.Grampian Country Foods has conducted a thorough review of its Halls pork brand which has sales of around £19m a year.The...
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Tesco falls to Morrisons
Morrisons continues to improve and this week claims the top of the chart forcing Tesco down to number two. In Morrisons no one category dominates however buy-one-get-one free offers are extensively used throughout and are supported by other...
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Haslett wields Mace in fightback plan
Northern Ireland’s J&J Haslett is launching a new Mace format as part of its plan to bounce back after what the wholesaler says has been a “watershed year”.Speaking at the all Ireland Mace conference, Haslett MD Peter Kealy said: “Over the...
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Foreign Focus
Unilever’s Magnum ice cream brand is international, but appears in some very different formats in overseas markets.In Italy, it has debuted in chocolate confectionery. Having already introduced bite-size ice cream pieces coated in chocolate...
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Foreign Focus
>>What's new overseas?If it moves, put batteries in it. That seems to be a popular strategy these days and in the men’s shaving market, the US is set to get a shake-up with the launch of Gillette’s first powered...
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Foreign Focus
The Kellogg's brand name is appearing in chilled cabinets in Germany, with the launch of a twin-compartment cereal product.Kellogg's Fjølk & Corn Flakes comprises a portion of multi-grain Corn Flakes with a separate serving of "fjølk", which is...
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Foreign Focus
>>What's new overseas?Procter & Gamble revolutionised the floor cleaners market in the late 1990s with the Swiffer sweeper/mop system, and a new development in the US looks set to do the same for toilet cleaning.Reckitt...
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Foreign Focus
Company: IBAProduct: Soluble floor cleaner capsule Country of origin: FranceIt has taken a long time, but the concept of a soluble capsule filled with cleaning liquid has finally made an...
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Foreign Focus
>>What's new overseas?Food-on-the-go is big business, but today’s hectic lifestyles present opportunities for non-food marketers too. There has been an increase in launches of single-use or mono-dose cosmetics and skin creams,...
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>>what’s new overseas?n Company: Ranir nProduct: Pocket Suds n Country: USFrom instant fresh breath to instant clean hands,...
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A French success
The growth of prepacked salads and increasing interest by the foodservice sector has lifted UK sales of French lambs lettuce from 500 tonnes to 700 tonnes last year, according to Pascal Poiron, marketing manager of the Loire Valley Comité...