APRIL 2011
Welcome to the latest issue of By the Buy… our company newsletter with news, views and informed comment. 2011 is already shaping up to be an interesting year for us and our sector in general. There is now a greater understanding of our way of sourcing and the optimisation techniques we provide and more organisations are seeing the benefits we bring to complex and simple projects alike.
There is more on that inside and you will be able to read about our financial performance last year and the recent improvements we have made to the platform to ensure future financial performance is as good – and hopefully better. We also have a Perspective from Ben Miller, Head of Shopper Insight at IGD looking at the ethical shopping habits in the European grocery sector. This Perspective is very interesting as the grocery sector is one where we are growing but also as a number of companies are designing sourcing processes with us that address the ethical concerns described in the article.
As you all know, we always welcome feedback and suggestions as to how we can improve our platform. Of course you can contact us by email or phone but it is always good to meet in person and we are exhibiting at several trade shows this year so it would be good to see you if you are visiting any of the shows. The full exhibition programme is inside and future events will appear on our website and it would be good to meet in person.
As ever, thanks for your support and I hope you enjoy By the Buy…
Garry Mansell
CEO, Trade Extensions