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Brilliant Animation's
Creative brilliance...this is amazing!
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TEA BREAK
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I can understand the pleasure of this. Anyone popped bubble wrap? And in order of stupidity.
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ARCHIVE
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Issue 48
July 9, 2008
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June 27, 2008
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June 25, 2008
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June 18, 2008
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June 11, 2008
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June 4, 2008
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May 28, 2008
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Co-op completes Somerfield take-over
Back to old times
The Co-operative Group has completed its long-awaited £1.56bn take-over of Somerfield as it looks to enter the supermarket big league.
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Recession Trends
Meeting the challenge
As consumers further tighten their belts, they are changing their consumption and purchasing patterns to match.
Several new and interesting trends are emerging, which are radically different to previous downturns. Here, The Oxford Research Agency shares their thoughts on some interesting emerging trends.
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RETAIL
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Down The Aisle... Danisco buy of Abitec cleared by EU
Danisco, The Baobab fruit, Danisco, Factory gate food prices, Parmalat, Premier Foods, Glanbia, Unilever's Komili, Associated British Foods, Cadbury's
The European Commission said it has cleared Danish sugar and ingredients maker Danisco AS.' proposed acquisition of UK-based Associated British Foods' emulsifiers producer Abitec.
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Supermarket News... Waitrose gives stores a face lift
Waitrose, Asda, Tesco, The Co-operative Group, Tesco Mobile, The Co-operative Group, Sainsbury's, cigarette price fixing
Waitrose, the UK retailer, is spending £6m on giving its stores a fresh look in a bid to capture the "foodie shopping experience", it said.
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Beverage Bulletin... Scottish & Newcastle have "discrepancies" in accounts
Scottish & Newcastle, A beverage can, Coca-Cola, Pernod Ricard, InBev, C&C
Scottish & Newcastle could see its profits reduced after new owner Heineken announced it would have to correct "discrepancies" in its accounts.
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Green Room... People chose people over planet
Green Salon Cadbury, Kellogg and General Mills
Green Salon has carried out a survey that showed that 65% of consumers, if presented with two 'identical' products -- one that would benefit the planet and one that would benefit people would chose people.
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Up The High Street... Thorntons show how its done with 12% rise in profits
Thorntons, British Retail Consortium Retail Sales Monitor, UK consumers, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Primark
Thorntons has reported an increase of almost 12% in annual sales to a new mark of £208.1m.
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MARKETING
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Sales & Marketing... Coca-Cola launch Olympic ads
The Coca-Cola Co, Grolsch, Cadbury, Gaymer Cider Company, McCain, The Body Shop, Wells & Young's, Diageo, Kellogg's
The Coca-Cola Co. is to launch advertising in the US around its position as one of the sponsors of the Olympic Games.
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Movers & Groovers... P&G's marketing chief Stengel retires
Procter & Gamble, Dewar's, Campari International, BAA Somerfield and Sainsbury's, Asda
Procter & Gamble's the world's largest consumer goods company and the world's largest advertiser is to lose its global marketing officer, Jim Stengel.
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New Marketing Guidelines for misleading terms
'Fresh', 'natural' and 'pure'
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revised its guidance on the use of words such as 'fresh', 'natural' and 'pure' to provide clearer advice to manufacturers.
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Advertising spend across online to rise 32%
Advertisers allocate more of their budgets to the internet
Internet advertising is benefiting from the credit crunch as European marketers slash traditional advertising budgets in response to the global rise of food and energy costs.
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Gum brand’s dancing viral draws ten million views and growing
Where the hell is Matt?
A US gum brand is benefiting from involvement in a viral video that has been viewed almost ten million times since being posted just one month ago. Watch the video
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