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Persil Crease Release Tablets the brand's fourth tablet v
Containing an added ingredient a smoothing softener to make ironing easier the tablets brought another added value product to the laundry detergent fixture and went head to head with Procter & Gamble's Bold 2 in 1. A £5m support launchpad...
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The British Retail Consortium's latest Shop Price Index show
Sainsbury is set to announce a launch date for its new Nectar joint loyalty card scheme with Barclaycard, Debenhams and BP this month. Camelot has yet to churn any underperforming retailers as its retailer sales improvement programme has fallen…
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Wickedly smooth relaunch builds on last Rolo concept
Mary Carmichael Nestlé Rowntree is giving its Rolo brand a makeover for the first time in four years, with new packaging, new positioning and improved recipes across all variants. The food giant will back the 64-year old confectionery stalwart's...
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Crunch for Christmas
Burton's Foods has spruced up its Christmas biscuit range ready for the festive season. Newcomers to the portfolio, which features the Cadbury and Royal Edinburgh brands, include a resealable 700g tin of Cadbury biscuits targeted at younger...
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The retailers have a fine line to tread. To impress the conv
The major multiples are working hard to develop the market, not only with brands and innovative own label npd but also with merchandising. Asda health and beauty buyer Phil Hancock says the chain overtrades the market in male grooming and puts this...
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Working men Cosmo gets their kit off for free
September's issue of Cosmopolitan comes with a free magazine Cosmopolitan's Professional Bad Boys' Sex Confessions, part of the Cosmo Confessions Collection. Cosmopolitan says the free magazine aims to expose men at work "from the fireman to...
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Ice cream lovers can now find their top tipple in a tub
Lovers of liquor can now eat themselves merry, as two manufacturers bring alcoholic ice cream to the retail sector. The Cream Breeze brand from Purbeck Ice Cream in Rum and Blackcurrant and Gin and Orange variants has already made its debut on...
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Cross dressing, lingerie
The second phase of McVitie's £6.5m ad campaign for its core McV range features another biscuit fan demonstrating the Make yourself at home' strapline. Breaking on Monday (August 12) and running for four weeks, the ad focuses on the brand's White...
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Tesco's June sales hit by Sainsbury's Cup goals
Anne Bruce Tesco is blaming a drop in its sales in June on Sainsbury having commandeered all the big World Cup promotional opportunities according to City analysts. Tesco has told the City in briefings ahead of its closed period that its sales...
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Over to the dark side
Children's confectionery brand Fruit Pastilles is targeting adults for the first time in its 40 year history with a new TV ad campaign. A £2m relaunch programme, based around black humour, is aimed at a considerably older age group than the sweets'...
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Iceland sources direct as online offer is refreshed
Anne Bruce Iceland.co.uk is ramping up its home shopping operations in West London as it prepares for a nationwide roll out of an extended fresh food driven offer. Iceland.co.uk director of home shopping Jon Grey said: "We aim to extend our online...
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Landmark and Spar go solo as GTA disbands
John Wood Group Trading Alliance (GTA) the multi billion pound buying group which negotiates overrider terms from major suppliers for Spar and Landmark is being disbanded. All new trading arrangements will be negotiated individually by...
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Game on at Eastlands
Massive publicity from sponsoring the Commonwealth games helped Asda reach Christmas-sized sales figures at its latest supercentre in Manchester. Its largest store so far part of a regeneration project at Eastlands pulled in 80,000 people in...
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WH Smith works with M&S for slicker food to go ops
Marks and Spencer and WH Smith have cut back on trials of M&S food to go at WHSmith branches to focus on making operations slicker.
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New man's got a lot of Front
Front magazine from Cabal Publishing is being relaunched with September's issue, on sale August 15. The men's title, aimed at the younger end of the market, is refocusing to steer clear of celebrity-based editorial and give readers more of a...
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Keep it simple and get it right
Sir; I read your article When Plans are Shelved' (The Grocer, July 20, p32) with great interest. As CPM UK is a supplier of customer contact solutions, compliance has always been an issue close to our hearts. Indeed, I was not at all surprised to...
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Male grooming: what once sounded like an oxymoron is now mus
There have been false starts over the past few years, with brands and retailers both guilty of perhaps pushing their male shoppers a little faster into the sector than they'd like to go. Boots had to pull out of its trials of men-only stores last...
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HOT VIBES FROM McCAIN
Meal solution specialist McCain is to plough a multi-million budget behind a new hot crisp product called Vibes. The company is saying little more than that at the moment but has revealed that the frozen newcomer will be launched next month ahead...
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Watch TV on a magazine
PlayStation magazine Play, from Paragon Publishing, is claiming a first in the publishing world with the launch of a television show as a regular DVD covermount. The first covermount went on sale on Thursday (August 8) and every subsequent issue...
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New team members
The Grocer has further strengthened its editorial team with a number of appointments. Rosie Davenport joins the magazine as deputy marketing editor on August 12 from sister title Off Licence News. Rosie will be responsible for our coverage of the...