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Is it Time for Brands to Change Loyalty?

Josh Morse | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK Tech
Josh Morse

We now shop across a variety of channels and our loyalty to a retailer is more and more difficult to retain. These changes in both behaviour and technology beg the question - do retailers even understand loyalty anymore?

The Danger of Hubris in Strategy - Learning From Tesco

Dr Steve McCabe | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK
Dr Steve McCabe

Until recently Tesco was a company that was constantly expanding and, significantly, making greater profits each year. So that its profits have declined massively has come as a shock. Tesco is no longer the money-making machine it once was.

Tesco Pulls Out Of US After Profits Dip By 52%

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK

Supermarket giant Tesco revealed a £1.2 billion hit from its failed foray in America as annual profits more than halved after a difficult year. Th...

What Does Luxury Mean to You?

Ross A. Klein | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Ross A. Klein

Historically, the term luxury has always been a standard of quality, a mark of authenticity and shielded by a veil of exclusivity. But now the term is increasingly being owned by high street brands looking to squeeze a few more pennies via some nice packaging, leading to this dearth of 'luxury' options.

Saying No to Tesco: The Power of Community

Adam Stones | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Adam Stones

Sherborne is renowned in the region for the strength of its independent shops and market... If Tesco builds a store on such an arterial highway, beyond any scale known to the town and demolishing a hotel in the process, it would have a devastating effect.

LOOK: Every Little Bit Of Cleaning Helps?

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK

A shopper has taken a photo of what appears to be muck, grime and dust under the conveyor belt of a Tesco store till. Catrin Manel was shopping in ...

Tesco In Fresh Local Meat Pledge

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK

Supermarket giant Tesco is to double the amount of fresh meat it sources in Northern Ireland. Following on from his earlier pledge to work more clo...

Tesco's Having A Giraffe

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Thomas | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK

Tesco has bought family-friendly restaurant chain Giraffe for £48.6 million as part of its ongoing efforts to improve the profitability of the superm...

Horse Meat Scandal Sees Shoppers Change Habits

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Charlie Thomas | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK

More than half of consumers have changed their shopping habits as a result of the horse meat scandal, a survey for consumer group Which? has found. ...

Brands, Social Media and Common Sense

Jayne Gorman | Posted 05.05.2013 | UK Tech
Jayne Gorman

Problems can be resolved before they even begin. By monitoring key words and conversations you may also be able to spot sales opportunities. If someone is looking to buy something that you sell, get in there before your competitor does.

The Tesco/Horse Meat 'Crisis' - Not Exactly Ronseal

Jack R. Miles | Posted 05.05.2013 | UK
Jack R. Miles

At the heart of the current Tesco/horsemeat crisis is the concept that consumers have not been given the produce they were lead to believe - the opposite of Ronseal's famous motif 'it does exactly what it says on the tin'.

PICS: 'Horse Burger' Fancy Dress Costume

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK Comedy

There are fancy dress costumes. And there's this... Yes, if you're a man-or-woman-about-town looking for a novelty outfit to wear to your next...

You Do The Math (Because Tesco Can't)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK Comedy

If you thought you were crap at maths rest easy – Tesco is even worse. The supermarket failed to entice customers with a half price offer on cho...

Tesco Pledges To Bring Meat Production 'Closer To Home' - But You'll Foot The Bill

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Charlie Thomas | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK

Tesco's boss has vowed to bring meat production "closer to home" and work much more closely with British farmers in the fallout of the horsemeat scand...

Steak And Cheeps: Couple Find Dead Bird In Bag Of Tesco Salad (PICTURE)

SWNS | Sara C Nelson | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK

A horrified couple were tucking into a candle-lit supper - and found a whole dead bird in their Tesco salad. James and Jasmine Watson made the gris...

Steak And Cheeps: Dining Couple Find Dead Bird In Bag Of Tesco Salad (PICTURE)

SWNS | Sara C Nelson | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK

A horrified couple were tucking into a candle-lit supper - and found a whole dead bird in their Tesco salad. James and Jasmine Watson made the gris...

Pictures Of The Day: 22nd February 2013

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

Every Little Vote Helps...

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

Tesco has been voted worst UK supermarket in an annual poll of 11,000 consumers. The high street behemoth was bottom of a Which? survey of nine maj...

Tesco Voted Worst Supermarket In Poll Of Which? Readers

PA | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK

Tesco has been voted the worst supermarket and Waitrose the best in an annual poll of 11,000 consumers by watchdog Which?. Waitrose received a cust...

Tesco Calls In Police Over Possible Clubcard Fraud

PA | Posted 18.02.2013 | UK

Tesco has asked police to investigate claims that dozens of its customers' Clubcard accounts may have fallen victim to an online fraud. The superma...

Horse Meat Saga - Crisis Planning Key to Unbridled Disaster

Gary Hibberd | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK
Gary Hibberd

The need for crisis management has never been greater for the food industry. So what does the current horse meat debacle tell us about the right and wrong ways to tackle crisis management?

Have Other Meats Been Contaminated With Horse?

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK

The hunt for horse meat in the food chain will be widened to include chicken, pork and lamb, the Food Standards Agency has said. And there have bee...

A Food Waste 'Catastrophe'

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK

A food waste "catastrophe" is being created by the horse meat scandal, experts have said. Findus has confirmed that 180,000 of its lasagnes have be...

Horse Meat Scandal Highlights a Murky Trade in Farm Animals

Andrew Wasley | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK
Andrew Wasley

We should perhaps be grateful that the scandal has, indirectly at least, shone a light on a murky, cross border trade in live horses that is as complex as it is secretive. Unknown to most, as many as 65,000 live horses are trucked around Europe each year to feed demand for a meat.

Charlie Thomas

Family Butchers Benefit From Horsemeat Scandal - But For How Long?

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK

Family butchers have reported a surge in sales following the fallout of the horsemeat scandal, but the spike could disappear unless action is taken to...