by David Haigh | Oct 8, 2020 | General, The Brands Blog, Value of brands
Guest blog: Comparing and contrasting the business models of retailers and brand manufacturers A wide choice of products at a range of prices across the country remains a good measure of an effective grocery market for shoppers. Retailers and suppliers play distinct...
by Roger Jackson | Jul 8, 2019 | General, Value of brands
Guest blog: Range resets – is a 鈥渢op down鈥 assessment needed of the role of brands? A common retailer action in today鈥檚 competitive environment is to look for above the normal level of range efficiency, sometimes called a 鈥渞eset鈥. Of course, a core task of...
by Ben Lewis | Apr 15, 2019 | General
The Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) has fundamentally transformed relationships between large grocery retailers and suppliers. No longer can such a retailer simply ignore an issue brought to its attention where it can be shown to be in conflict with GSCOP,...
by Tim Eales, IRI | Aug 30, 2017 | General
According to IRI鈥檚 latest study into the state of new product development (NPD), the number of new branded grocery items decreased by 8.4% in the last year, this reduction lead to losses of 拢99.6m in value sales for the retailers. The decline started in 2013, and has...
by John Noble | Aug 23, 2017 | General, Value of brands
We all have our favourite brands, whether shopping for groceries (perhaps Innocent smoothies, Dorset cereals, Robinsons Lemon Barley Water or HP Sauce), clothes (Hackett, Superdry, Charles Tyrwhitt, Stella McCartney, Hunter) or cars (Mini, Land Rover or, for the...
