We need to keep the GM debate alive and urgent
In 2002 the pro-GM Labour Government held a national debate to test…
A Lush victory
What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re an ambitious natural beauty company…
Setting skin free
The free-from food category has been a soar-away success for independent retailers…
Great Social Media Myths
My discussions with lots of business owners about social media mainly fall…
MI: still a sensitive issue
“Every cosmetics product on the market in Europe is safe to use,”…
Give your customers some action!
With a treasure trove of exciting, tasty, differentiated products to try, love…
Small is still beautiful
Who needs big organisations that are inherently inefficient in this age of…
Why becoming more than a shop could be your biggest opportunity
By turning your store into a real community asset, valued by the…
Embracing sell-o-vision
For fashion and beauty snobs there’s no dirtier acronym than QVC. The…
Roll up, get your black candyfloss here
Over the weekend of September 6-8 the Food Organisation of Denmark delivered…
Let’s get down to details
When the big four supermarkets pulled swathes of organic lines from their…
The future of retailing … or ungroovy uncle of an idea?
“A compelling combination of retail, food service and community” “The retail equivalent…
If you are testing for vitamin D, don’t forget the calcium!
You name it, vitamin D now appears to fix it! Everything from…
Town centre ‘vision’ – or dark comedy?
The former Iceland and Wickes chief executive Peter Grimsey is the latest…
Little supermarkets, big threat?
Having left local high streets for dead the big supermarkets are re-colonising…
Stopping the Government from Backtracking on their Herbal Practitioners Promise
You don’t have to work in politics to realise that the Government…
Drugs, bugs and environment…
It’s always fascinating to see how trends come and go especially in…
Food for (psychiatrists’) thought
In-fighting among psychiatrists over what constitutes mental illness has hit new levels.…