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TEA BREAK
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The athletic event of the year...wife carrying contest. And anything for a bite
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Can Coke's new CEO put fizz back in beverage giant?
Coca-Cola Co.’s former president and chief operating officer, Muhtar Kent, took the reins as chief executive officer last week just as the beverage market is losing some of its fizz.
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Issue 48
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4 September, 2010
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Supermarkets' PR-driven food price wars
Hype or reality?
We are on the verge "an all-out supermarket price war": the credit crunch having "triggered a radical change in the way that middle England shops for food" so the PR people say. Is it more hype than reality?
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Lucozade Sport powers Britain to victory in the Rolex Commodores Cup
Chris Sinclair Joint MD of Oxford Research Agency said " The whole crew recognised the contribution to our success that Lucozade Sport gave the team."
Fifteen teams competed at Cowes from 29th June to 6th July for the biannual Rolex Commodores Cup, one of the most prestigious amateur yachting events in the world.
Great Britain’s Red team, consisting of Fair Do’s!, Erivale and Quokka 7 brought home the trophy for the host nation.
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RETAIL
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Down The Aisle... Dairy UK focus on sustainable food production
Dairy UK, The Food Standard Agency's, Proctor & Gamble, Glanbia, Food policy Food From Britain, Food prices Robert Wiseman Dairies', Oscar Mayer, Brakes
Dairy UK, the trade organisation that represents the interests of dairy farmers, producer co-ops, milk processors and doorstep delivery firms, has welcomed the British government's new focus on sustainable food production.
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Out To Launch... Flavoured vodkas from Smirnoff
Diageo, Pomegreat, Thatchers Cider, Enco Products, Kavli, Schwartz, Burn Stewart, Fairhills, Unilever’s Knorr Stock Cubes
Diageo is extending Smirnoff into flavoured vodkas for the first time with the launch of two variants.
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Supermarket News... What a clever idea Spar
Spar, Waitrose to open C stores next year, Booker, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, The Booths chain, Sainsbury's, Booths
A Spar store in Belfast city centre has teamed up with local business niftynosh.com to launch an online ordering system for its takeaway food.
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Beverage Bulletin... InBev plans to oust Anheuser-Busch's board
InBev, Kestrel Super, Whyte & Mackay, The Glenglassaugh Distillery Company
InBev set in motion its plan to oust the board of reluctant bid target Anheuser-Busch.
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Green Room... UK supermarkets – For Plan A, every little helps
Supermarkets environmental goals, Biofuels, Marks & Spencer (M&S), Sainsbury's and Tesco, Whole Foods
Marks & Spencer is on track to meet the ambitious environmental goals of Plan A, but Tesco could prove the greater force for sustainability in the years to come.
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Up The High Street... Well done HMV-profits soar
HMV Group, Marks & Spencer shareholders revolt, M&S, UK consumer spending
HMV Group has revealed profits, before tax and exceptional items, have climbed 25.2%, up from £45.2m to £56.6m for the year to April 26.
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Movers & Groovers... Coty has new marketing director
Coty Prestige, Pernod Ricard, Pepsi-Cola North America's, Brown-Forman, Safeway, General Mills
Coty Prestige has promoted Faye Langworthy to the new position of marketing director.
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MARKETING
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Sales & Marketing... Coty Introduces New Faces of Rimmel London
Rubicon, Pepsi, InBev, Rimmel London, Wells & Young's, Nestlé, Food advertising on TVMajestic Wine Warehouses, Kellogg, United Biscuits, Diageo
Following its confirmation of Kate Moss as the face and spokesperson of Rimmel London, Coty Inc.has announced the signing of Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Lily Cole to appear alongside Kate Moss as faces of Rimmel.
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Things you should know about the lives of the Adult British public
Touchpoints surveys
A second Touchpoint survey has been released by The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (the UK body representing advertising, media, marketing communications and digital agencies.
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TRENDS
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Ikea Tests Text Message Coupons
bCode's can be scanned on to bCode machines, triggering a variety of functions including offer redemption
At Ikea's Seattle location, consumers will not only find low cost Swedish furniture, they will also find a text message redeeming coupon machine into its store.
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Trends for less is best
Retailers are driving packaging trends
Small Packs and minimal packaging are key global trends, here are the views and insights of top managers about current and emerging trends in the beverage-packaging market.
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