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Have you been misled by copycat products?

April 12, 2013

According to the 19th century proverb, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But I am not sure that some big food and toiletry brands will agree, after research from Which? revealed that a fifth of its members have bought an own-label product by mistake because it looked similar to a big brand.

We’ve all been there, a mad dash around the supermarket and you pick up what you think is Head & Shoulders or Coco Pops – two of the products which have similar own-brand packaging – only to find when you get home it is the retailer’s ‘copycat’ product. (more…)

Delivering the goods?

February 27, 2012

Here we go again: industry spokesperson defends the ‘little guy’ from the brutality of the all-powerful supermarket giants. (more…)