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• Fever-Tree loses its fizz as cool start to summer knocks back sales

  23-07-2019 18:09
  Poor weather and slowdown in drinks trade contribute to worse than expected resultsA cool start to the summer, rising competition and a slowdown in the gin trend have knocked the fizz out of the drinks brand Fever-Tree, which has posted a worse than expected slowdown in UK sales.Shares in the tonic water maker dived more than 10% on Tuesday, wiping more than £300m off the company’s value, as it said poor weather in the three months to 30 June had dampened growth rates. Continue readi
  
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• Retail health deteriorates further and may even surpass historic lows, the KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank says

  23-07-2019 12:20
  The KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) has determined that retail health deteriorated more than expected in the second quarter of 2019. In their qualitative and quantitative assessment of demand, margins and costs, the think tank’s members pointed to low consumer demand, partly the result of cooler weather, and further margin pressure as the key drivers weighing down the sector.
  The latest health assessment sees the retail health index (RHI) score fall from 77 to 76, bringing overall healt
  
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• Fevertree warns rapid rate of sales growth is fizzling out

  23-07-2019 11:45
  Premium tonic maker says wet early summer in UK had ‘dampening effect’ on trade
  
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• Is fair trade finished?

  23-07-2019 07:00
  Fairtrade changed the way we shop. But major companies have started to abandon it and set up their own in-house imitations – threatening the very idea of fair trade. By Samanth Subramanian
  It wasn’t very long ago that a banana was just a banana – just a curved, yellow fruit. All you knew, if you bought a bunch in 1986, was that they cost around 97p per kilo. You weren’t told if they were organic or pesticide-free. You didn’t know if they came from Costa Rica or the
  
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