All Convenience Store articles in 11 September 2010 – Page 2
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Features and analysis
Damage limitation: equipment failure need not be a crisis
Equipment breakdowns are part and parcel of retailing, but there’s plenty you can do to lessen the severity of the situation
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Features and analysis
Zero Tolerance: Cut your losses to crime
C-Store’s campaign to help you combat crime and anti-social behaviour shifts up a gear as the need to protect staff and livelihoods grows
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Features and analysis
Fight your corner: Size doesn’t matter
Plenty of small stores are standing up to the might of the supermarkets, from seeing off their planning applications to keeping customers’ loyalties
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Opinion
A full house in convenience
David Rees says Morrison's move into convenience is just another shark in the tank
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News
Morrisons joins the convenience club
Supermarket chain Morrisons is to join its multiple rivals by opening smaller format stores in the convenience sector.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: An update on Chip & PIN charges
On the subject of PayPoint, I have been asked to point out that there is a crucial piece of information missing from the story in the last issue about George Mahay and his out-of-date flyer (Get it in writing but it may not help, C-Store, September...
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News
Stores sign up for CCTV monitoring
Pilfering and vandalism could become a thing of the past for the hundreds of retailers across the UK who have signed up to Internet Eyes, the radical new security system which allows members of the public to monitor live CCTV camera feeds of...
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News
Mark Callaway, retail dealmaster
From promotions to profit margins, Mark Callaway has his eye firmly on the ball. Sarah Britton checks out his latest acquisition
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News
Retail names unite in call for a fair deal
A group of trade associations and businesses representing about 250,000 shops has urged the government to review the laws concerning sales of alcohol, tobacco, spray paint, knives, fireworks and other age-restricted products.
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Features and analysis
Power struggles: a burst of energy
There are two ways to cut energy costs – and we’re helping with both by giving you practical advice and increasing the pressure on suppliers
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News
Staff costs driving retailers to the brink
Store owners are feeling the pressure as costs force cuts in staffing levels
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News
Thunderball turns into Blunderball
Lottery operator Camelot has completed an upgrade of all its terminals following a blunder which allowed stores to process out-of-date play slips for the new-format Thunderball game thus diminishing customers' chances of winning the jackpot.
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Product News
Hot beverages to go: Hot offer
On-the-go hot beverage sales are another way of getting customers into your store. Aidan Fortune looks at how you can make the most of your offering
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News
The Bigger Basket - how do you get customers to buy more?
There are plenty of ways to get consumers spending more in your store. Chloe Ryan and Sarah Britton report
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Features and analysis
Fangs & bangs: an autumn sales boost
The dramatic increase in popularity of the Halloween and fireworks occasions gives retailers plenty to sink their teeth into, says Matt Chittock
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News
Appleby Westward closes two Eurospar outlets
Appleby Westward Group (AWG) is to close two of the three Eurospar stores it opened in the South West of England last year.
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News
‘Disaster’ looms for alcohol retailers
Proposed changes to the Licensing Act will be "a disaster for local shops", the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned the government. The changes, proposed in the Home Office consultation Rebalancing the Licensing Act,...
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Product News
Alcohol category project: Free style
The final article in our series about the spirits market looks at how anti-theft kits can give you the confidence to put a good range of products in full view of consumers
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: What really is the ‘worst after’ date?
Rajan Jhanjee rang from his Paradise Stores CTN in Brentwood, Essex, with that hairy old question about 'best before' dates. We know that retailers can sell items past that date, but what constitutes a reasonable amount of time; ie what is the...
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Features and analysis
Dark predictions after street lights turned off
Retailers' safety and livelihoods may be put at risk by the growing number of councils that are opting to switch off street lights in a bid to save money.
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