How brands can maximise Easter sales online
In the run-up to Easter, Cadbury and Grenade are the best-selling brands in the chocolate category on Amazon UK, new research shows.
Give an Oreo gift this Christmas
Mondelēz International-owned biscuit brand Oreo has unveiled a new online gifting experience for consumers, featuring festive Oreo Thins with White Fudge Covered Oreo cookies.
Confectionery comes up trumps
Barclaycard data suggests that online retailers could miss out on one of the biggest trading periods of the year as a last minute in store shopping rush is expected on Valentine’s Day this Sunday.
Breaking the mould
Susannah Millen meets Flo Broughton for a tour of the Choc on Choc factory in Rode near Bath, Somerset in the UK.
Sharing retail line
Artisan British chocolate brand, Choc On Choc is launching a new retail offering with a line of Chocolate Buttons premium sharing packs.
Luxury chocolatier launches ‘free from’ range
Cirillo, a Northern Irish luxury chocolatier, has launched a range of gluten free chocolates for people with coeliac disease. In addition to being gluten free, the chocolates are free from wheat and eggs. The company’s dark chocolate is also dairy-free. The range includes cappuccino bar, milk chocolate, plain, marshmallow, bresilienne (sugar coated toasted hazelnut pieces) […]
Business, Candy & Gum, Chocolate, Functional & Free-from, Seasonal
Emerging importance
Nestlé has caused a lot of speculation with the appointment of Wal-mart executive Wan Ling Martello as chief financial officer as a successor to Jim Singh. She is currently Walmart’s executive vice president of global e-commerce and emerging markets and has been involved in the food manufacturing sector before at Kraft Foods and Borden Foods. […]
Nestlé appoints Wal-mart executive Martello
Nestlé has named Wal-mart executive Wan Ling Martello as chief financial officer (CFO) to succeed Jim Singh.
Actinic and Oxatis join forces in EU SME e-commerce
UK ecommerce vendor Actinic has agreed a strategic partnership with Oxatis, one of the main ecommerce providers in France, Spain and Italy. The joint venture will create a European group providing ecommerce systems to the start-up and SME markets with a customer portfolio approaching 20,000 e-tailers.