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NAMs needing to understand real profitability (their own or that of the customer) have to be able to calculate Return On Capital Employe...

Essentially, in the current climate, major retailers are faced with two significant drains on profitability. First, the high cost of fulfil...

                                                                                       Shopper-density map Herb Sorensen The current co...

News of yesterday’s plunge in Tesco’s share-price to a 10-year low of 243.8p represents an opportunity for those suppliers prepared to re-...

Given the pressures on sales and profits, major suppliers have turned to improved management of their working capital as a source of cas...

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With small local stores offering higher Returns On Capital Employed - leasing rather than owning means less capital employed – allows major...

Despite the fact that using a customer's latest P&L for guidance can be a little like driving via the rear-view mirror, five years ...

Graham Ruddick writes in The Telegraph that Amazon is Britain's most influential retailer, and quotes predictions that the company will...

Having grown from a sales-department ‘slush-fund’ of  5%  of turnover to over 20% of  a typical supplier’s sales, trade-spend is now greater...

'The big ones hit the headlines, but when you see them all in a list....' Given the cost of recovering lost profits when a custo...

As you may remember, as long ago as the 5th October 2012, KamBlog analysed Premier Foods options and advised you to watch this space to see...