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Waitrose store sub-brand »
Get ready for the new look Waitrose coming to a street near you. Tony Solomons the the Waitrose in [...]
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Whole Food Market reported net income rose 53.3% to 465.7m for its third quarter. Total sales increased [...]
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Sustainability
Is sustainability finally coming of age? What is it exactly? In this article we look at what the new UK coalition government and the EU have in mind. We look at some of the steps Britain’s top grocery firms are initiating and we assess what impact this will have on the shopping basket and the way we shop. There is a new Board Director in town [...]
Hungry dogs eats rotten meat.
I was talking to a friend of mine recently when I first heard the expression “A hungry dog eats rotten meat.” I forget what we were talking about and the conversation moved on. Later, I found myself relaying some of the more interesting points that came out of that conservation and repeating the expression. Jokingly my wife said, [...]
Recession, depression or armageddon
Now that the UK is officially in recession, can we expect an air of calmness to return to the markets? As some would say, ‘we are where we are’. Most of us have been drawn to the stories of global meltdown like moths to a light. Now we have had the news that we all expected, is it now not time to regroup, understand where we are, and [...]
How are the stores reacting.
Recently Waitrose announced it was planning to open 300 convenience stores in the UK. At the same time the new John Lewis store has opened in Cardiff and there are rumours that further site developments and supermarket acquisitions by JLP will be taking place in the short term. Is this a reaction to Tesco's opening up its first upmarket [...]
Prioritising is hard work
Consumers today are time poor and information rich. From New York to Moscow, Beijing to Sydney, Johannesburg to Tokyo, the consumer is struggling to prioritise. We are told that globally we have never had it so good, that the global population has never been so well-off. Equally there have never been so many people on the edge of [...]
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Category Management
Why is Category Management »
What does category management deliver? • A 10 % uplift in sales? • A product margin increase of up to 3%? • or is it [Read More]
Left of Centre
The Meercat can »
In this article we look at Olympic sponsorship, the success of the Meercats and the brand [...]
Joe (Part 2) »
How many times do you pick up a paper and read that the CEO of ABC Inc has resigned or [...]
Joe (Part 1) »
Joe is a retired Mailman having worked in the mail room at ABC Inc for over 30 years. [...]
Brands
Waitrose store sub-brand »
Get ready for the new look Waitrose coming to a street near you. Tony Solomons the the Waitrose in house magazine ' the Chronicle' of the intention to 'create a sub-brand for our convenience estate. Over recent months Waitrose have been monitoring how customer shop at [Read More]