All Convenience Store articles in 12 November 2005 – Page 2

  • News

    Power to the people

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    It looked like the final curtain for a Hampshire village shop and post office – until the locals stepped in, that is.

  • News

    on the news stand

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Retailers are paying the price for publishers’ mistakes, according to John Lennon, managing director of the Association of News Retailing (ANR).

  • News

    Pukka idea

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    December’s Delicious comes with a free Jamie Oliver supplement and 2006 calendar.

  • News

    New HQ for Sands

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Leading Scottish c-store operator David Sands has signalled its intentions to expand by moving into a new £1.5m warehouse and head office at Kinross, Tayside.

  • News

    High noon for the high street

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    As MPs conclude their inquiry into high street retailing and the OFT pledges to look again at the grocery market, independent retailers are hoping that positive action will follow soon.

  • News

    Making the Grade

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    With some common sense, forward planning and patience, trading out of a listed building need not

  • Product News

    Glugging Orders

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Bottled water is making waves in the drinks market and retailers need to go with the flow, says Rich Airey

  • News

    Firework posters hit the spot

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    A shopkeeper who launched a poster campaign against selling fireworks to anyone under 21 says his Chesterfield community enjoyed a relatively trouble-free Guy Fawkes season.

  • News

    Waste food rules are explained

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    New waste disposal regulations that mean retailers will have to dispose of raw fish and meat in a controlled way from January 1 have been clarified by the European Union.

  • Product News

    Grated Expectations

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Cheese shows a huge potential for growth if customers look beyond the block.

  • News

    Dynamic duo lift Top Shop prize

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Budgens retailers Craig Dike and Adam Vincent have scooped the coveted Top Shop Award for 2005.

  • News

    Dry spell for sales

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Sales failed to make the mercury rise this summer

  • News

    number crunching

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Fears that the multiples will reduce the diversity of the magazines they stock have been eased with the news that Tesco is to increase by a third the number of magazines it sells in its larger outlets.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    * A Berkshire retailer is recovering after being stabbed during a vicious attack.

  • News

    Tesco uses report to counter critics

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has moved to counter recent bad publicity by using results of a report it commissioned that suggest its Express format has brought trade back to other local stores.

  • News

    Concerns over Sunday study

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the Rural Shops Alliance (RSA) have both written to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) about Sunday trading.

  • News

    Clarke gets taste of problems

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Home Secretary Charles Clarke was given a taste of the problems faced by small retailers when local traders showed him round a struggling Norwich shopping parade.

  • News

    Time for Change

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Is lack of time holding you back? Are you running your business or is the business running you? Amy Lanning offers some help

  • Features and analysis

    CCTV with extra teeth

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The Co-operative Group is trialling a CCTV system that delivers audio alerts to tell shoppers they are being monitored.

  • News

    Nisa in café trial

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    A London c-store operator has teamed up with Nisa-Today’s to trial a new café concept next door to their store.