The Future Of Retailer-Supplier Data Sharing
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Tweet The big news out of the US this week is the announcement that Walmart will start sharing scan data with AC Nielsen for the first time in a very long time. According to an article in Retailing Today, the deal between Nielsen and Walmart, was negotiated by Cindy Davis – Walmart’s EVP of Global [...]
Airport Retail – Virgin Territory for CPG
Sunday, September 26th, 2010Tweet As you might imagine, I spend a lot of time at airports. With clients on three continents I have racked up 100,000 miles already this year and that translates to hours sitting in lounges, standing in security line-ups and waiting for baggage. Many of you know exactly what I am talking about thanks to [...]
Amazon – A Threat to Canadian CPG Retailers?
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Tweet Several weeks ago our newsletter carried a story about how Canadian Heritage has finally allowed Amazon to build its own warehouse / fulfillment centre in Canada. Due to what some would argue are protectionist strategies to support Canadian booksellers – Amazon orders are currently managed and fulfilled by a Canada Post warehouse. Up until [...]
FreshCo – Sobeys New Direction in the Ontario Discount Battle
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Tweet Today marked the opening of the first eight stores under the FreshCo banner – Sobeys response to the lagging performance of their Price Chopper banner in Ontario. To be clear they needed to act. Both Metro and Loblaw have ramped up efforts behind Food Basics and No Frills respectively with remodels and cleaner stores. [...]
BOGO Later – An Idea Who’s Time Has Come
Friday, March 5th, 2010Tweet UK-based Tesco, the world’s fourth largest retailer is testing a unique promotional concept that seems to make a lot of sense to me. The concept, “Buy One Get One Later” (BOGOL) is aimed at reducing the amount of waste in fresh / perishable foods that is usually associated with the traditional “Buy One Get [...]
