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Issue 68

TOP STORY & ANALYSIS

Will Highly Fluid Consumer Behaviour Bring About The Death Of ‘The Brand’?

FMCG NEWS UPDATE

Could Tesco Run Out Of Cash?

Unilever Will Not Reduce Marketing Spend

Burton's Foods Digests Options For Merger

Cheaper Food Buying Raises Obesity Fears

Down The Aisle... Bread Prices Could Rise Again

Out To Launch... Want To Look Younger Shot -Together Health

Supermarket News... Supermarket Shares Could Halve

Green Room... Is The Carbon Label A Rip Off?

Beverage Bulletin... United Spirits Tie Up

RETAIL

Up The High Street... Tesco & John Lewis To Pass On VAT Cut Early

MARKETING

Sales & Marketing... Fairy Helps Make Wishes Come True

Movers & Groovers... Waitrose Appoints Sir Don Curry

Ikea CEO Anders Dahlvig On Surviving A Bad Economy

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178 Million Europeans Are Online Each Week

Thirty Of The Online Hot Fifty Are Now Multi-Channel Retailers

Accessing The Internet Via Mobile Devices Rise

Woolies Takes Down Web Site

TRENDS

Shoppers Leaving The Plastic In Their Wallets

Fairtrade Fortnight 23 February – 8 March 2009

Fairtrade Fortnight is the Fairtrade Foundation’s annual campaign call to people in the UK to promote awareness of Fairtrade and buy products carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark.

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TEA BREAK

Who needs pockets and knowing where to tap

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Failures

Something to cheer your day...Other peoples failures

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Best Job In The World

As far as fantasy jobs go, chocolate tasting must come pretty near the top of many people's lists - children and adults alike.

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Issue 68

4 September, 2010

Will Highly Fluid Consumer Behaviour Bring About The Death Of ‘The Brand’?
Revitalisation of what ‘The Brand’ stands for is critical in these changing times

Brands today face the biggest shock to consumer behaviour since the concept of ‘The Brand’ was formed.

The latest grocery sales data shows that consumer behaviour is changing fast. Brands are being left behind as consumers’ trade down and change their eating habits.

Revitalisation of what ‘The Brand’ stands for is critical in these challenging times.

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FMCG NEWS UPDATE

Could Tesco Run Out Of Cash?
Tesco Media Director Jonathan Church says otherwise

The FT has posed the question "Could Tesco run out of money". It says that the longer the primary credit markets remain virtually shut, the greater the risk that a big name corporate will breache a covenant or two.

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Unilever Will Not Reduce Marketing Spend
Winning in the Downturn

Unilever chief marketing officer Simon Clift said that the global manufacturer was “currently not planning” to reduce marketing spend in Europe at the annual Marketing Society conference.

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Burton's Foods Digests Options For Merger
Already held talks with Northern Foods

Burton's Foods, the maker of Wagon Wheels and Jammie Dodgers, has appointed investment bankers to work on a strategic review that could see the company merge with other businesses in the sector.

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Cheaper Food Buying Raises Obesity Fears
Resurgent demand for frozen foods

Cash-poor consumers are ditching healthy, more expensive foods such as smoothies and organic vegetables for cheaper, less healthy ones such as hamburgers and frozen pizzas.

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Down The Aisle... Bread Prices Could Rise Again
Fall in bread prices, Finsbury Food Group, Britvic, Associated British Foods, Nestlé, HJ Heinz

The poor quality of the UK wheat harvest has sparked concerns there will be a shortage of breadmaking wheat in 2009 - and has dashed hopes of a fall in bread prices.

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Out To Launch... Want To Look Younger Shot -Together Health
Together Health, Pomegreat, Coors Brewers, Unilever UK, Diageo

Together Health has launched a delicious one-a-day supplement ‘shot’ drink that aims to revitalise, replenish and turn back time; working from the inside-out to keep you looking young!

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Supermarket News... Supermarket Shares Could Halve
Supermarket Shares, Co-Operative Group, Supermarkets seen to help; Tesco 'Monster Bunch', Aldi and Lidl, Superquinn, Supermarkets ad spending, Tesco, Ahold

Supermarket share prices are set for a fall and could even halve, Morgan Stanley said today.

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Green Room... Is The Carbon Label A Rip Off?
The Carbon Trust, Organic food is slipping

The Carbon Trust claims it's not ripping-off businesses but some medium-sized business the carbon label is a rip-off. SMEs can't afford the licence fees.

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Beverage Bulletin... United Spirits Tie Up
United Spirits, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Cobra Beer, Heineken, Pernod Ricard, PepsiCo, Diageo, Anheuser-Busch InBev, London Pride firm Fuller, Smith & Turner

Vijay Mallya, owner of India’s biggest alcoholic drinks company, United Spirits, called a potential tie-up with Diageo “a world-beating combination” as the companies seek foreign spirits sales in the world’s biggest whisky market.

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RETAIL

Up The High Street... Tesco & John Lewis To Pass On VAT Cut Early
Tesco and John Lewis, BBC Worldwide & Woolworths, Pret A Manger, The Perfume Shop, British Retail Consortium, George Davies, Discounts, Woolworths

Retailers Tesco and John Lewis say they will pass on the government's cut in value-added tax to their customers three days early.

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MARKETING

Sales & Marketing... Fairy Helps Make Wishes Come True
Fairy, Sainsbury’s, Boots, Britvic, InBev UK, Competition between supermarkets, MillerCoors, Gatorade UK, J20

The nation’s leading dish brand from Procter & Gamble, Fairy, is supporting children’s charity Make-A-Wish for a fifth consecutive year to give Fairy consumers a chance to make a difference this Christmas.

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Movers & Groovers... Waitrose Appoints Sir Don Curry
Waitrose's, Morrisons, HSBC, Wal-Mart

Leading farming industry figure and frequent critic of the supermarkets Sir Don Curry has landed the role of non-executive chairman of Waitrose's Leckford Estate.

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Ikea CEO Anders Dahlvig On Surviving A Bad Economy
The company has a strong value message for consumers

In his decade-long tenure as CEO of IKEA, Anders Dahlvig has almost tripled the number of company stores and employees and has supported the incorporation of numerous eco-friendly policies.

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CLICK AWAY

178 Million Europeans Are Online Each Week
Significant rise from last year

The European Interactive Advertising Association has published its 2008 Mediascope survey, based on a pan-European sample of over 9,000 respondents. Among its findings: 178 million Europeans are online each week, with over half (51%) doing so in the evenings – a significant rise from last year's 13%.

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Thirty Of The Online Hot Fifty Are Now Multi-Channel Retailers
IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List

The latest IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List has Amazon, Argos, Play and Tesco in their usual places at the head of the list, but Marks and Spencer now joins them at number five, up from eighth place last quarter, replacing Next which is now number seven.

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Accessing The Internet Via Mobile Devices Rise
Mobile internet is increasing

The number of Britons accessing the internet via mobile devices increased by 25% in the third quarter of 2008.

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Woolies Takes Down Web Site
Toys are off the site

Woolworths has stopped selling toys online during the key Christmas period, shocking and delighting rivals.

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TRENDS

Shoppers Leaving The Plastic In Their Wallets
Cash purchases are on the rise as consumers try to manage debt

Many U.S. consumers are switching from credit card spending to cash as credit card companies trim credit limits and raise fees. Retailers including Target and Wal-Mart have noted a significant shift away from credit card use.

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