Stores insight and analysis – Page 4
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarkets need to sharpen their pencils on price
Allowing prices to rise as they effectively have will damage the reputations of the supermarkets if they’re not careful
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Analysis and Features
How to make supermarket shopping feel safer and more normal
In the era of social distancing, supermarket trips are fraught with stress. So stores are looking to make things easier with lo-fi and hi-tech solutions
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Analysis and Features
Food price inflation: where have all the supermarket offers gone?
Supermarkets cut promotions heavily to stop panic buying but with availability back to normal they’re still down 17% on average. So why aren’t they back?
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Analysis and Features
Can u-turn on border checks prevent chaos for importers?
Importers have welcomed the turnaround. But will it be enough?
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Comment and Opinion
Businesses will need to keep up the flexibility they’ve demonstrated during the crisis
Businesses that embrace the learnings of the past few months will be those most likely to thrive – not just survive, says Rob Amar, MD of RH Amar
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Comment and Opinion
Businesses can’t passively accept a ‘new normal’ – they must define it
The many unknowns that lay ahead form the perfect battleground for competitive businesses, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment and Opinion
How retailers and suppliers can prepare for the post-Covid market
Future-gazing can be a fool’s game but many predictions for the post-Covid world are sound, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment and Opinion
How Unilever is adapting to the new normal – and how fmcg can follow suit
Unilever is a bellwether for consumer staples – so its first-half results next month should tell us how the sector has been affected by Covid-19, says Barclays’ Warren Ackerman
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Analysis and Features
Which UK supermarkets are selling coronavirus face masks?
We break down the types of mask available at major UK retailers and compare their prices
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Analysis and Features
Is Ocado right to bet big on the online grocery shopping boom?
There is no doubt the pandemic has sent digital grocery sales surging. But is Ocado right in assuming this shift will be permanent?
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Comment and Opinion
What are the consumer trends emerging in online searches during lockdown?
Trying to understand which new shopper behaviours will be fads and which will sustain is a huge challenge, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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Comment and Opinion
The Sunday trading debate has resurfaced. Would relaxation really help?
Opposition to the idea is likely to be as fierce, if not more so, than ever before
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Analysis and Features
Coronavirus availability: which supermarkets have the best stocks of flour?
Supermarkets faced a shortage of flour last month after locked down Brits turned to baking en masse. So what’s the latest situation? And which supermarkets have the best stocks?
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Analysis and Features
How would turnover-based leases work for retailers and landlords?
Years of pressure, now magnified by the pandemic, have reshaped retail forever, and leasing structure needs to catch up
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Comment and Opinion
How brands should be marketing during this pandemic
The right messages told in the right way can significantly influence purchases even in today’s climate, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment and Opinion
EDLP is the right strategy, but retailers and suppliers are stuck on big promotions
EDLP will never work but there are persuasive reasons to ban big promotions altogether, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Analysis and Features
What do lockdown easing measures mean for the food & drink industry?
Plans threaten disruption and other challenges for food and drink, but the sector may also offer a blueprint for other businesses to return to work
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Comment and Opinion
10 ways coronavirus will impact future supermarket and restaurant design
These are the 10 key considerations when designing future supermarket stores and restaurants, based on Covid-19 learnings
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Comment and Opinion
Three ways supermarkets can overhaul supply chains to thrive in the ‘new normal’
The shift to online will likely last long after the crisis diminishes, says Olivier Goethals, VP, head of technology, retail EMEA/APAC at Publicis Sapient
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Comment and Opinion
How Iceland got online delivery availability back to normal
It’s still a struggle to book a slot with most of its rivals. How is Iceland able to offer next-day deliveries?