August 2011
A strong shopper alignment already exists between Morrisons and Iceland Foods, which could make matters easier if the former decided to bid for the frozen food chain, according him! research. We've spoken to over 1,000 Morrisons and Iceland shoppers and found that the Iceland shopper base is remarkably similar to Morrisons in many ways. Read more here...
Date: 25 August 2011
Tags: customer, insight, promotions, research, retail, shopper
70% of independent convenience retailers read trade press at least once a month - but what are they reading? Find out more here...
Date: 18 August 2011
Tags: Convenience, insight, retailer
The key reason shoppers use convenience stores is simple: convenience! Convenience stores need to ensure they focus specifically on providing increasingly convenient solutions to shoppers need. Essentially, convenience retail needs to become about making the shopping trip, and thus ultimately shoppers’ lives, easier and easier.
In this blog, we consider the future of category management vs mission management.
Date: 11 August 2011
Tags: category, convenience, customers, promotions, research, retail, retailer, shopper
With Christmas just around the corner, men around the world will soon be asking themselves a critical question, what do women really want? him! research & consulting’s feedback from 1,400 female pub and bar customers reveals what many already suspected; women don’t necessarily know themselves!
Date: 09 August 2011
Tags: customer, insight, research
him! research & consulting is delighted to announced that Punch Taverns is the latest company to join him!'s Pub Tenant Survey - Tenant Track.
Each year him! speaks to 500 pub tenants to gain robust, independent and credible feedback from licensees and tenants to assist Pub Cos and suppliers with their planning and strategy development.
Telephone interviews have been conducted with over 500 tenants at Admiral, Greene King, Marston's, Punch Taverns and Scottish & Newcastle.
A spokesman from Punch Taverns said: "Honest feedback from licensees helps us to shape our business and ensures that we can measure the impact of the initiatives we deliver. Joining Tenant Track gives us an addition mechanism to measure this."
Katy Moses, Business Development Manager said: “we are absolutely delighted that Punch Taverns has joined him!’s Tenant Track Programme, this really does demonstrate how important this programme can be to the channel and improving standards.”
For more information on him!'s Tenant Track Programme please contact Katy.Moses@him.uk.com 07912 717 567 or visit www.him.uk.com
Date: 09 August 2011
Tags: customers, ontrade, research, syndicated