Making Sense of Nonsensical Times…
As most pro-active NAMs are aware, business is not about awaiting a ‘return to normal’ but rather a case of making sense of the...
Tesco: The Real Banking Opportunity…
The banking-facilitated global financial crisis has given Tesco the opportunity to take a 25% share of UK banking. All it requires is transparency and...
Fair Play in Trade Partnership?
Given the issue of who will fund the cost of the VAT increase due in January, the expectation that suppliers will underwrite the inevitable...
Making Sense of UK Retail…
With the current confused turmoil in the ‘double-dipping (?)’ market, causing savvy consumers to buy even more cautiously, with private label growing faster than...
UK Retail – Coming Back Towards Normal?
With UK multiples currently achieving ROCE levels of approximately 10.5% to 13%, it might be felt that this level of performance was simply a...
GSCOP-Adjudicator, a Final Shop-window for Supplier-Retailer relationships?
News that the government is planning the introduction of the role of Adjudicator to help implement GSCOP is encouraging. Given that the new government...
Change proves good for Tesco Ireland
Tesco Ireland’s conversion to the ‘Change for Good’ stocking model last year may have caused the retailer more controversy than expected, but after a...
The NAM Role being sidelined by events…..?
Given trade concentration increasing, and major customers undergoing fundamental change at all levels (think CEO rotation, possible sell-off of Sainsbury’s and Asda, for a...
All Change in UK Retail…
Given Sir Terry Leahy’s shock announcement of his plans to retire in March 2011, coupled with recent changes of CEO at Asda and Morrisons,...
Finding a Gap in UK Retail?
Given the current rate of change in UK retail, including Qatari’s acquisition of Harrods, possibly followed by an outright bid for Sainsbury’s, the imminence...
