A new independent YOUGOV survey released today shows 70% of the public believe that the new “contactless” debit card will increase the likelihood of fraud, with only 15% stating that they were “very likely” to use their card for transactions under £10.
Industry Announcements
Sainsbury’s to launch Heritage brand and extend Different by Design range
28 August 2007
Sainsbury’s is introducing a new private label called Heritage this autumn.Twinings tackles branding demands with Odin
28 August 2007
Top tea manufacturer Twinings has revealed it has reduced the turnaround of new brand artwork to 28 days using Odin, a unique brand management system.Organic milk business worth £145m is fastest growing sector of dairy market
28 August 2007
Britain’s organic milk business was worth £145m in the year to mid July, and is the fastest growing sector of the dairy market, according to Yeo Valley Organic in a review of the market.
Festive customers still lack trust in online retailing
28 August 2007
Nearly 40% of people attempted to contact online retailers by telephone during last year’s Christmas period – proof that customers still have ‘trust’ issues with internet shopping.
WRAP, Morrisons and Tesco all working to use lighter weight wine bottles
28 August 2007
The current uptake of lighter glass bottles by the UK wine industry is set to save around 6,000 tonnes of glass packaging every year, according to WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
New signage from Spectrum Industrial in different languages
23 August 2007
Freedom of movement for populations within the European Community is resulting in a growing diversity within the modern workplace and it is therefore becoming increasingly important to display signage in a number of different languages.
Pierhead Purchasing launches Cubanero Cerveza
22 August 2007
The ‘Imported Beer People’, Pierhead Purchasing, is adding to its portfolio of speciality beers with a brewed-at-source Cuban lager: Cubanero Fuerte.
Waitrose takes Verco’s new ‘Inline Merchandiser’ cabinet
22 August 2007
Verco Limited, the leading manufacturer of open and glass-door chiller cabinets for the convenience store and supermarket sectors, has supplied fifteen of its recently launched integral open-chill ‘Inline Merchandiser’ cabinets to Waitrose.New dedicated show for the food-to-go sector
21 August 2007
Over the past 20 years, the UK food-to-go market has become increasingly sophisticated and diverse. People are spending more of their waking hours away from home, whether at work, leisure or commuting, so they eat many of their meals on the move.
