British brands

Coca Cola tops UK top retail grocery brands

Posted Friday 29, February 2008 by: JJG

A survey of 74,000 grocery stores conducted by Talking Retail in association with global market research company Nielsen, has ranked Coca-Cola as the number one retail grocery  brand in the country with sales totalling a staggering £959.9 million in 2007. Second place went to baker Warbrtons with sales of £609.5 million Walkers crisps took third [...]

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Can M&S be saved from a fabrica annus horribilis?

Posted Monday 14, January 2008 by: JJG

  Of all the retail brand names, Marks and Spencer remains the great bellwether of the British high street.   Like all great brands it is founded on offering a sense of meaning and purpose for everyone.  However if the brand can’t compete in new fundamental areas such as Internet delivery, its reign as king of [...]

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