All Convenience Store articles in 10 November 2007
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News
Tyne and weary
Retailers in the North East of England are the gloomiest in the country, a study by Skillsmart Retail has revealed.
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Product News
Scaling up
Fresh fish ticks all the boxes for health, sustainability and speed to cook. But the convenience sector must manage wastage to reel in the sales, says Amanda Nicholls
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News
New licensing threat to tobacco retailers
Retailers who repeatedly sell cigarettes to under-18s will be banned from selling tobacco products for up to a year with the introduction of a 'negative licensing' scheme in 2008.
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News
Packaging: not an issue
Despite a mass of high-profile environmental campaigns, consumer attitudes to "excessive" packaging have barely changed since 2001, a government report has revealed.
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Dear Jac
Shock, horror...more power struggles
Harry Goraya had the shock of his life when he got an electricity bill from EDF for £18,000.
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News
Tesco's lead in grocery gets wider
Tesco has increased its dominance of the grocery market from 31.4% a year ago to a record share of 31.8%.
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News
Retailers see fall in work-related injuries
The number of work-related injuries and fatalities in the retail sector has plummeted in the past year, latest figures from the Health & Safety Executive have revealed.
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News
Small stores fight for a fairer future
The race is on to persuade the Competition Commission (CC) to rethink the preliminary findings from its Grocery Market Inquiry, published last month.
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News
'Mystified' by SCOP extension
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) will seek clarification from the Competition Commission over its suggestion that the Supermarket Code of Practice (SCOP) could be extended beyond the big four to encompass other retailers, including symbol
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News
Poll shows equality
The retail sector is showing a positive commitment to disability equality, according to a new report by the Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD).
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News
Jail for employee who faked robbery
An Edinburgh shopworker caught staging a robbery at his store has been jailed for 16 months.
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News
Members welcome new Nisa directors
Nisa-Today's has appointed its first ever independent non-executive directors to its Holdings Board, a move which has pleased Nisa members.
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Dear Jac
Payzone decides to say it with flowers
This was a nice result. Michelle Bailey from Stoke-on-Trent sent a message to our website to say: "I spoke to you a while ago about problems I was having with Payzone.
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Features and analysis
The IT crowd
Convenience store retailers are ditching traditional advertising methods in favour of innovative new revenue-boosting systems.
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News
Christmas message
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and Friends of the Earth have joined forces to persuade shoppers to shun shopping centres and instead visit their local high street stores for Christmas gifts.
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News
US card fees are "the devil"
A US retailer has warned his British counterparts of the effect that excessive credit card fees could have on their business.
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Product News
The fizz buzz
More champagne corks than ever will be flying this Christmas, making the sparkling stuff a must-stock for retailers, as Kate Miller explains
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Dear Jac
A heavy weight for paper boys and girls to bear
If you do home newspaper deliveries (HNDs) then you won't need me to add anything to this already weighty subject.
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News
Bank's let-down forces store sale
A Devon couple have been forced to shut one of their two stores after being subjected to a string of robberies.