All Convenience Store articles in 19 July 2008 – Page 2

  • Product News

    A star is born

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Many retailers regard the babies and toddlers category with suspicion, but it can prove profitable if you get it right.

  • Dear Jac

    Please leave a message - we'll get back to you

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    When companies outsource a service it often comes with teething troubles. I hope that's the case for Menzies Distribution.

  • Dear Jac

    Is this another limitation of our civil liberties?

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Ken Patel, spokesman for Responsible Retailing, took issue with a statistic in our last issue.

  • News

    Teenage angst

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    With under-age drinking verging on an epidemic, retailers of alcohol are under scrutiny like never before. Four C-Store Champions share their views on age-related trade

  • News

    Government ready to push for alcohol code

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    The government is expected to demand this week that alcohol retailers should be governed by a strong code of practice.

  • News

    Barrie sounds alarm over security failure

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    A Yorkshire retailer is furious that police weren't alerted when robbers broke into his store, despite the fact that thieves triggered an alarm during the raid.

  • News

    Tories advocate community hubs

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    The Conservative Party's Commission Into Small Shops has produced a series of recommendations to help reverse the decline of independent retailers.

  • News

    ACS offers carrier bag policy advice

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores has produced an online resource to help retailers decide their own policy for the use of plastic bags.

  • News

    Scots refuse under-21 ban

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Grocers' Federation (SGF) members in Dumfries have refused to take part in a voluntary police initiative to ban the sale of alcohol to under-21s.

  • News

    Over-21 scheme for London

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    London Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged his support to a scheme to stop off licences selling alcohol to anyone under 21 in problem areas of the capital.

  • News

    Pulling together

    2008-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Naresh Purohit talks to Dave Visick about the challenges he faces as the NFRN's new national president

  • News

    Top-up retailers to stage 3-day Vodafone boycott

    2008-07-23T13:31:00Z

    Independent retailers protesting at Vodafone's 1% cut in commission on mobile phone top-ups are to remove the network's products from sale this weekend.

  • News

    Thousands back Vodafone boycott

    2008-07-21T15:42:00Z

    Retailers from across the convenience sector have supported a two-day boycott of Vodafone products to protest at the network's cut in their rates.