Why BOGOF? – Counting on BOGOFs, to lose Money…
In the current economic climate, suppliers and retailers may be tempted to make more use of multibuys, in order to reduce stocks of slow-moving...
How Low Can You Go…
It may be unfair to lay all the blame for the troublesome ‘new’ consumer at the door of the global downturn, but the 2008/09...
Money Making Machines That Happen to Sell Groceries (and Financial...
Essentially, as ‘money machines that happen to sell groceries’, the grocery multiples have debugged much of the mystique associated with food provision, meeting consumer...
Managing Customers Profitably
In recent years there has been a growing focus on understanding the profitability of customers. Alarmingly, as companies learn more about the value of...
When a Buyer Wants ‘Too Much’…
With financial pressures causing some retailers to attempt to compensate for falling sales and profits at the expense of suppliers, it is important that...
Deducing the Alliance Boots options from available clues…
Given the fact that Alliance Boots has passed into private equity ownership, resulting in less performance data being released into the open domain, suppliers...
Making the Numbers Count at the Interface…
Given the build-up in the global credit-squeeze and the pre-Christmas slowdown in UK retail, 2008 will have to be played very close to the...
Tesco and the ‘Rule of 25’….
How excelling in Tesco's key measures can help suppliers succeed with major customers
Given Tesco’s rate of growth in terms of market share, penetration of...