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Re: The supermarkets will have to step up their ecommerce game after Amazon/Morrisons deal

bamkam — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:51:46 -0000

A significant disruptor in the multiple grocery sector with a knock-on impact on suppliers
Supplier Implications:

- Prime Pantry Partnership is a leap forward for Morrisons, besides optimising spare capacity in their factories...

- Morrisons, by continuing to work with Ocado, can have little objection to Ocado offering their fulfilment services to other mults...

- By which time, as Amazon-Morrisons coverage increases, so will Morrisons begin to compete with itself via Ocado-Morrisons

- Meanwhile, although charging £2.99 for Prime Pantry delivery, if Prime customers ‘forget’ the annual fee, Amazon will have set a new low in delivery charges, increasing pressure on other multiples

- …While Amazon then tightens the delivery-speed option…

Finally, Argos fulfilment had better be as good as is hoped…

Re: Premier Foods tells suppliers: Give us money or face losing our business

bamkam — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:43:15 -0000

The real issue is the damage being done to the customer’s reputation for fair dealing, both with other suppliers, the legislature and current employees, and especially with the general public - the ultimate consumers - in times where abuse by big business is becoming an increasingly sensitive topic…. more at

http://www.kamcityblog.com/...

Re: Are you creating customer value? What can we learn from the fall of Tesco?

bamkam — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:51:34 -0000

Mike

A bit of background on the Dudley Moore (no relative) chicken adverts. It was intended as a way of having Dud discover different French foods available at Tesco, such as farmers cheese, wine etc, with free range chickens as a back drop..

Unfortunately the demand for free range chickens soared, resulting in numbers that far exceeded what was available in France...

This meant that Tesco had to source overseas, discovering that chickens in different continents were bred to different profiles ( big breasts here, big thighs there, you know how it is..) resulting in significant confusion at UK tables.

The campaign was then slowly wound down...

Best wishes Brian Moore https://www.linkedin.com/pr...

Re: Premier Foods tells suppliers: Give us money or face losing our business

bamkam — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:20:56 -0000

Andrew

Your readers may find our take of interest.

Please see http://www.kamcityblog.com/... , when you have a moment

Brian

Re: Some Guy Mapped 8 Hours' Worth of 'Fuck' Usage on Reddit

bamkam — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:33:54 -0000

The ultimate usage in terms of precision and economy has to be my old Irish grandfather's final rejection of a bust lawnmower:
" The Fucking fuckers fucked!"
He always finished with 'God forgive me' following a lapse into bad language'.....

Re: Why and when you should buy (or not buy) retail data

bamkam — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 05:56:42 -0000

Great question-set, Mike

Hopefully their application will cause some brand-owners to reduce the amount of dot-collection, allowing them more time to focus on dot-connection via the really good data already to hand...

Please see http://www.kamcityblog.com/... when you have a moment

Brian

Re: Morrisons chairman to stand down

bamkam — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:55:50 -0000

Graham

Like your treatment, you may find our take of interest?

http://www.kamcityblog.com/...

Re: Was HMV the first victim of showrooming?

bamkam — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:17:48 -0000

Any shop being used as a showroom needs to renegotiate its relationship with its suppliers. As it is helping consumers to engage with the brand, it is in effect performing part of the advertising/marketing function. For this reason brand owners should part-fund the showroom ing retailer, and write off the cost to the advertising budget. The additional funding would allow the retailer to intensify involvement and lower prices sufficiently to counteract the appeal of online pricing...(in my humble opinion.......)

Re: Brands urged to support retailer promotions as Independent Retailer Month kicks off

bamkam — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:35:35 -0000

Robert
Sometimes suppliers find it difficult to justify the investment vs. the expected return in independent retail.
You may find our idea of writing off 50% to the advrtising budget of interest?
Please see www.kamcityblog.com when you have a moment
Regards
Brian Moore

Re: Selfridges syphoning cash away from small business

bamkam — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:31:06 -0000

Your readers may be interested in ways for SMEs to deal with Late Payments, Invoice-Haircuts and other power abuse..

Please see http://www.kamcityblog.com/... when you have a moment..

Re: Household brands slash size of goods in 'hidden price hikes'

bamkam — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:33:09 -0000

Typo, should be 15% reduction in contents

Re: Household brands slash size of goods in 'hidden price hikes'

bamkam — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:31:22 -0000

Brian
Have done the math, and found that the combination of a 16% reduction in contents, and a 6% rise in price results in an overall price increase of 25.6% Please see http://www.kamcityblog.com/... when you have a moment

Re: 'Mockery’ of Sainsbury’s on prompt payers list

bamkam — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:07:34 -0000

Long overdue, James. An issue that goes all the way up the supply chain to the little guy who re-mortgages to the hilt, or goes broke.....
The Prompt Payment Code is a misnomer.
In fact in Kamcity we call it The Prompt Payment Joke http://www.kamcityblog.com/...

Re: Premier Foods ditches £75m bread contract and launches Hovis review

bamkam — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:37:55 -0000

Premier Foods probably have a few moves in mind before the final sell-off....
Logically, their walk-away from unprofitable retail contracts is a good start (see City reaction), with bread-brand sell-offs an option if loss of contracted bread volume makes the Division's remaining business non-viable. Some of their moves can be anticipated using an ROCE model (See how on http://www.kamcityblog.com/... )

Re: Sainsbury's in 'hall of shame' over supplier payments

bamkam — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:15:33 -0000

Your readers may be interested in our Kamblog analysis where we
calculate the cost of extra days payment terms for suppliers

Please see http://www.kamcityblog.com/...
when you have a moment

Re: Gifts are about to completely transform Facebook

bamkam — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:46:47 -0000

The Amazonian elephant in the room…

However, despite the advantage of background personal insight,
Facebook missed a big retrospective-trick by failing to anticipate the need for
physical location details and not requesting personal addresses when members’
originally registered with the social network. Furthermore, given Amazon’s
1-click innovator’s advantage, Facebook is condemned to forever playing
catch-up to the online retailer’s speed, efficiency and database…

Re: Chris Blackhurst: Will Amazon be the new beast in our supermarkets jungle once it gets fresh?

bamkam — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:49:37 -0000

Chris

Amazon needs a way of adding groceries to its repertoire and
showing it can match traditional providers in terms of service level,
profitably…I believe that taking over Ocado would provide such an opportunity.
More on http://www.kamcityblog.com/...

Re: Interlude: Top-bloggers' competitive advantage

bamkam — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:03:26 -0000

Thought you might find this YouTube treatment of UK High Street shop closures of interest?
There are 93 photos of shops in three of the UK's more desirable high streets (Fulham Rd, New Kings Rd and Henley-on-Thames), not only defining the problem, but also pointing to opportunities and action.

When you have a moment, pls see http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Best wishes
Brian Moore
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