Retailer Insight – Are you being faithful? According to the latest figures released last month from global insights firm Nielsen, shoppers are becoming increasingly promiscuous with the regular shop and in their loyalty to supermarkets when it comes to the search to find the best value deals. Nielsen’s senior manager for retailer services Mike Watkins, [...]

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To promote their new ready-made jacket potato range, McCain, the chip makers, are tempting commuters with the smell of freshly baked potatoes at city bus shelters in Manchester, York, London, Nottingham and Glasgow. The idea is, as you are waiting for your bus to arrive you spot this poster, see this enormous 3D potato sticking out and [...]

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How did UK retailers’ fair in the crucial Christmas trading period? Following up on my blog article saying that UK retail senior execs would be watching their trading figures like hawks over the crucial Christmas trading period here’s a brief synopsis of how they faired and commentary from the top…it’s not all doom and gloom [...]

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adiVERSE Virtual Shopping Point of Purchase About 2 years ago HRG were starting to get asked by a number of clients what our thoughts were on the future of QR codes and virtual shopping in-store and if either of these concepts would take off, which we beleived they would, and to a certain extent QR [...]

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New year- New discounts, Supermarkets pricewars begin. The supermarket price war is continuing with full force into the New Year- something we were all waiting for! Morrison’s- Three ways to save in January Morrison’s plan to target shoppers who may have over-stretched their budget this Christmas by unveiling a host of new promotions. Throughout January, Morrison’s [...]

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Kindle sales hit record levels this Christmas! When you’re relaxing on your sun lounger on holiday this year with your Kindle in one hand and gin and tonic in the other, or simply sitting in your living room reading the latest novel by Dan Brown on your a.nother brand of e-reader, spare a thought to the hundreds of book retailers and publishing [...]

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Struggling UK Retailers are feeling the pinch It was distressing to read that another stalwart of the high street Barratts went into administration again before Christmas (The owner was previously in administration in 2009).  The company operates 191 stores and 371 concessions in department stores around the country. All 3,840 of its staff are now facing [...]

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Wandering around Birmingham and London this week, I was intrigued to see how the different phone companies were communicating Christmas cheer in their windows. Here’s what I found… Mobile Phone Window POS – Christmas 2011 Carphone Warehouse – Two sad snowflakes peeked out between sales posters in this window. Minimalism can be stylish when applied [...]

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Do they know its Christmas time – Asda? I was close to an Asda store in Luton today, so I decided to pop in and take a look at their Christmas Promotional Point of Sale to see if they are making an effort this year in light of the economic squeeze, and I have to say [...]

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         Who couldn’t admire the achievements of James Dyson over the last 15 years, pioneering the bagless vacuum cleaner, and introducing true innovation and product creativity to home cleaning. It’s just a shame the same cant be said about their latest in-store point of purchase. We took a trip to Cheltenham where Dyson have [...]

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Sainsbury’s, The store that Santa forgot Usually known for pushing the boundaries when it comes to in-store point of sale; it seems this Christmas Sainsbury’s are all about the presents and less about the magic! With well stocked aisles full of presents and lots of festive items, this retailer has failed to do them justice [...]

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           Our very own Tom Bell, designer and illustrator extraordinaire exhibits some of his exceptional illustration work from his new children’s book “Where the Lost things Go” in Nottingham from 7th Jan – 5th Feb 2012. Tom Bell This is a chance to see Tom’s beautiful, intricate original oil paintings from the book, and [...]

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