All Talking Shop articles – Page 6
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Comment & OpinionA dazzling store with heart
On a visit to London, I took time out to visit a flagship retailer for the independent sector
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Why convenience is evolving from c-store to Bodega
Bodega, founded by two former Google employees, has set out to disrupt the very thing it’s named after
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Learn from Co-op's resurgence
Most industry commentators would agree that the Co-op has significantly improved its customer offer over recent years
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Coming together to keep up
How online and store trading teams need to join forces in working towards integrated goals
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Where is the tea-to-go?
The original national drink here seems to me to have been left languishing in the doldrums
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C-stores need their own data revolution
IGD’s latest grocery market forecast highlights the boom in convenience. Now c-stores need the data to match.
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Go on, do it better than Lidl
We all know that Lidl has been a consistent winner in UK grocery in recent years
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Send the right message at the right moment
Households spent on average an estimated £800 on Christmas last year. They start thinking about Christmas early
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You are wrong, wrong, wrong on Tesco-Booker, CMA!
I am furious that, even at this second stage, the CMA has completely and utterly failed to grasp the key issues
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A people person nails it - video
In June, I had the pleasure of being on the judging panel for Store Manager of the Year at The Grocer Gold Awards
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Put customers first, like Tesco. It works
It has been a difficult few years for Tesco, even if the broad consensus is that it has turned the corner
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The future of search
The most ferocious battle of the summer was between the world’s fastest rapper and the world’s fastest texter
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Sainsbury's shows the beauty of simplicity - video
As an industry, we are good at making things complicated for shoppers, says Jeremy Garlick of Insight Traction
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The merits of cooperation
Competition in the grocery trade is notoriously fierce, and rightly so
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The new realities of retail
Virtual Reality, smart voice assistants, machine learning and progressive web apps are all gaining recognition
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Owning wholesale will embed big four in almost total dominance
We have very early notice of the consequences for the entire grocery sector of failing to stop Tesco-Booker
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Marketing must move from generic to personal
In the past, consumers were accustomed to the community feel of their local shops
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Learn from Waitrose and be different where it matters
Store openings have certainly helped Waitrose but like-for-like sales have been ahead of the market more often than not…
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News
How retailers can use data for sustainability - video
More consumers are looking for companies to demonstrate a sense of social responsibility
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Wholesale can nurture local
On previous occasions I have alluded to my affection for North Wales, and we were there again at the weekend
