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Global supply chain: Better than sci-fi
A technological revolution that could make the bar code redundant has begun. Ed Bedington reports on T2T Imagine a world where almost every household's kitchen equipment collaborates with the television set to carry out the weekly shop. Imagine...
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Brandwatch profile: health / energy drinks
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Jan'00 - Dec'0 Total Press Cinema Radio Outdoor TV Total 10,223 147 ...
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Magazines: NatMag shops at Tesco to launch in store campaign
The National Magazine Company has joined with Tesco to offer customers a discount on its leading home titles Your Home and House Beautiful. The offer will be available in all 608 Tesco stores nationwide and promoted with a specially designed...
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Wholesale: Toft challenges IGD forecast of C&C decline
Predictions by IGD that delivered wholesale will overtake cash and carry have been described as "intellectually careless" by Federation of Wholesale Distributors director general Alan Toft. IGD's Grocery Wholesaling 2001 report says the cash and...
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Kit Kat Chunky gets its Orange variant
Kit Kat Chunky is to get its first ever flavour variant: Kit Kat Chunky Orange. This is initially a limited edition and is available from April 9. "Limited edition variants are just one way of keeping the brand at the forefront of both shoppers'...
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Cif looks to clean up
Lever Fabergé is expanding its cleaning products portfolio with two launches and is spraying a total of £4.5m in marketing support behind them. Cif Glass and Window Wipes, the first new product under the brand's international name, are supported...
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Seeing clearly
Cleaning product manufacturer Spontex starts a 13 week sponsorship of GMTV next month. Four 10-second ads Sunny, Windy, Rainy and Cloudy focus on Sprint Magic Duster and the Wonder Window Cloth. Each carries the end line: "Spontex for a...
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Code of Practice: NFU irritation as Friends of the Earth tur
Clive Beddall The Prime Minister is being urged to scrap the DTI's proposed code of trading practrice for the top five multiples and their suppliers and replace it with a code which has "real teeth". The call, which has reopened the wider debate...
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It's time for coffee at the home of Golden Syrup
Tate & Lyle plans to bring the Lyle's Golden Syrup brand bang up to date by extending it into coffee syrups. Coffee shop lovers can already add flavours to their cappuccino or latte but there has never been a brand they could buy in supermarkets....
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News Special: Convenience Retailing Show
Just wild about harry The must-stock merchandise this autumn will be a range of Harry Potter-inspired cauldrons, potions and magic wands, according to Grosvenor of London which showcased its new licensed range at the CRS. The boy magician will...
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Lamb: Cull might have little effect on domestic glut
Price boosting shortage counterbalanced by sheepskin value collapse Rumours of further tightening in the lamb market have been prompted by MAFF's confirmation it is considering a major increase in sheep culling as part of its FMD eradication....
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Customisation: Ooh! Suits you sir!
Will the market for individually customised products in grocery ever really develop beyond pick'n'mix? Steve Hemsley reports Stripping to their underwear in Levi Strauss' giant San Francisco store is a small price to pay for some of the world's...
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Foot and mouth disease: THE MEAT MARKETS
Scarcity/overload pincer movement traps retailers Supermarkets need short-term cover yet risk becoming exposed; Japan ban blow Crisis is turning to chaos in the meat markets as the biggest international buyers of EU output halt purchases,...
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Distribution: FMD: packers nervous
Hauliers taking precautions; spring produce imports still escaping disruption There are growing fears that the foot and mouth epidemic may yet hit fruit and vegetable distribution both from British farms and even extend to the Continent as more...
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Families are urged to rub in their Love with Dove on Mother'
Lever Fabergé is planning a major push behind its Dove brand in the run up to Mother's Day on March 25. PoS in the multiples including hanging banners, posters and shelf trays with the strapline Say it with Dove this Mother's Day' will be a...
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Revamp for Eridge Vale
Landmark is building on the success of its own label cider business with a revamp of its Eridge Vale range. The new packs will be phased into the business in the next few weeks. Landmark's ciders also include Spectra and White Storm. Own brand...
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Ferguson leads the evolution
Bird's Eye Wall's chairman Iain Ferguson has been appointed senior vice president of corporate development across the Unilever estate. As chairman, Ferguson was responsible for the launch of Birds Eye Wall's Enjoy! brand and the restructure of its...
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Extension to tequila
Beverage Brands is tapping into the growing demand for tequila and is extending its premium packaged drink based on the Mexican spirit. Six months ago it launched Ca'quila, a mix of agave cactus juice and lime. It is now introducing a Ca'quila...
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Piat stays in shape to fend off the New World
The new look for the French wine brand Piat d'Or has been unveiled by Percy Fox. The Guinness UDV subsidiary has spent £250,000 on a plan to revitalise the brand which once led the market. The brand has looked the same since it was launched in...
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St Peter's gets multipack format
Suffolk microbrewer St Peter's is moving its beers into a multipack presentation box. The move has been prompted by its success in export sales, particularly in the US, but the pack will be available in the UK. Managing director George Wortley...