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Channel 4 Luxury Christmas for Less Talks to Our Industry Expert

Darren A. Smith

December 1, 2021

MBM Speaks with Channel 4’s Luxury Christmas for Less Programme Channel 4 approached our Founder, Darren A. Smith, as an…

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The Growth of Rapid Food Delivery Across the Globe

Callum Valentine

October 19, 2021

Takeaway, Grocery Shopping or Amazon, We’ve All Experienced Food Online Delivery During the pandemic, this industry nearly doubled, for example…

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Estimating Numbers: A Tool to Manage People’s Expectations

Darren A. Smith

September 15, 2021

Estimating Numbers is Hard When There are Many Variables and the Expectation of Everyone is For You to Identify ‘the Number’.…

top view of assorted sweets and junk food on wooden table for HFSS Foods

HFSS Foods & Their New Legislation Around the Globe

Callum Valentine

August 24, 2021

The New HFSS Foods Legislation? What it Means… As part of the government’s intention to combat childhood obesity, new HFSS…

OISA: Oxford International Supplier Academy

Darren A. Smith

May 28, 2021

What is the O.I.S.A (Oxford International Supplier Academy)? This is a subsidiary of Making Business Matter. MBM is a soft…

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Category Creation: Use the Shopper’s Language or Be Left Behind

Darren A. Smith

May 24, 2021

“Let’s Promote Top Fruit” says my apple buyer. The year is 2001, and I am in my first fruit buying…

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How to Develop a Category Management Strategy

Andy Palmer

May 5, 2021

What is Category Management? Let’s break down the words of a Category Management Strategy. Then we’ll take a look at…

Discover KamCity Articles Written by Darren A. Smith

Darren A. Smith

April 22, 2021

MBM Featured in KamCity Regular readers of the MBM blog will know that we are passionate about self-development. Sometimes, however,…

How to Calculate a Percentage at Work and Beyond

Charles Smith

March 31, 2021

Read This and Benefit, in All Areas of Your Life Knowing how to calculate a percentage is an essential skill…

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HFSS Food: Impact of The Proposed Legislation Starting in 2022

Andrew Grant

March 19, 2021

What’s All the HFSS About? The biggest single intervention into UK diets since rationing during the Second World War. HFSS:…

Woman deciding what wine to buy in supermarket aisle

The Supermarket Wine Category is the Hardest Category to Shop

Darren A. Smith

February 9, 2021

Do You Suffer From Indecision in the Wine Aisle? I would describe my understanding of wine as ‘Johnny Average’. I…

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What’s New in the Grocery World? Find Out With Our Grocery Guru!

Darren A. Smith

December 2, 2020

MBM & The Grocery Guru If you work in the UK Grocery Industry, you’ll know the pace…fast! We teamed up…