Can Tesco learn to deal with their supply base fairly after years of inequality and adversarial behaviour? Dr Mark Johnson from the University of Warwick gives comment on the supermarket giant being investigated by the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA).

"It is understandable that Tesco has made the decision to cease development of a number of the sites it owns, and also understandable, but perhaps more surprising, that it is closing a number of stores. Tesco is rather exposed to trends in shopping that are moving away from the very large stores for large shopping trips. More people are shopping on the internet and so do not need to visit a store often, meaning that competition is no longer as much about having the store space..."

Apple Inc’s quarterly results demonstrate the results of the company’s competitive advantages; namely great design, innovation (both incremental in terms of product improvements, as well as periodically radical when a groundbreaking product comes to market), and intense efficiency

Economist Dean Garratt gives his thoughts on the new changes to Stamp Duty, which came into effect this week.

Professor Janet Godsell is Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy at WMG. She gives her thoughts on Premier Foods asking its suppliers for payments to continue doing business with them.

The old adage that it is ‘supply chains that compete and not companies’ has never been more true in the case of Premier Foods. The company is struggling to find a cost effective way to supply branded goods to the supermarkets, who themselves are in a fiercely competitive market.