In an attempt to maintain Peroni’s status as an upmarket brand, bosses of the Italian beer have told the owners of the Crown Hotel in Skegness that the area is not chic enough for them to allow the hotel to sell Peroni on tap. After visiting the Crown Hotel, Miller ...
Read more...
YouGov CEO, Stephan Shakespeare, discusses the success of Pret A Manger and what this means for its new store locations. It has been a good year for sandwich chain Pret A Manger, with sales up 17% to £443m and profits also up by 17 per cent to £61.1m. Along with ...
Read more...
Discount clothing chain Primark has reported “exceptionally strong” results for the six months to 2 March, which has helped drive a 26% increase in pre-tax profits for parent company Associated British Foods. Primark reported a 24% increase in total sales, while like-for-like sales were up 7%. While much of the ...
Read more...
Pret A Manger has announced plans to create 1,000 new jobs worldwide, including 500 jobs in the UK. The announcement followed bumper financial results, with sales increasing 17% to £443m and underlying profits up 17% to £61.1m. Using YouGov’s brand perception tool, BrandIndex, we can gain insight into the recent ...
Read more...
The majority of British consumers want store cards regulated to protect them against retailer collapse. Following the collapse of several high street chains, new YouGov research reveals that 86% of Britons believe that all gift cards should be regulated to protect consumers against failing retailers. The survey – undertaken for ...
Read more...
On 17 April Tesco reported its first fall in full-year group profits for two decades, following heavy losses from a failed attempt to break into the US market. Tesco has confirmed that it will either sell or close all of its 199 Fresh & Easy stores in the US, at ...
Read more...
On 10 April it was reported that nearly 700 staff at Morrisons may be facing redundancy after the company announced that it was overhauling the way it counts its cash. Cash counting machines are being introduced across all stores as part of a broader programme of implementing new technology to ...
Read more...
.jpg)
Consumers now see some Android devices as equal in quality to Apple’s iPad YouGov’s Quarterly Tablet Tracker for Q1 2013 reveals consumers now see Android devices as equal in quality to Apple’s, deeply cutting into the iPad manufacturer’s share of the ‘premium’ tablet market. Despite retaining the lion’s share of ...
Read more...
YouGov CEO, Stephan Shakespeare, discusses how news on Twitter of SSE's £10.5m fine was very damaging to their brand. Utility giant SSE – formerly known as Scottish and Southern Energy and one of the UK’s so-called Big Six energy companies – was fined £10.5m by Ofgem back on 3 April, ...
Read more...
On 15 April, a number of the UK’s leading supermarkets including Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco announced a round of petrol cuts. Asda Petrol kicked off the price war by announcing a 2p reduction per litre of petrol, and Sainsbury’s and Tesco announced price reductions soon after. Asda also challenged its ...
Read more...
