All Convenience Store articles in 2 August 2008
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Opinion
To the point
Alan Toft puts the case for keeping your cool in the credit crunch and staying true to your aims
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News
Mayor offers plan for small stores
London Mayor Boris Johnson has signalled his support for independent retailers with plans to provide ‘affordable’ space for small shops in new developments. The Mayor’s intention is for developers to give a legally binding commitment that they will...
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Features and analysis
Raiders in and out of store in less than three minutes
CCTV images of a break-in at a Hertfordshire convenience store show how two raiders forced entry to the store and escaped with cash and cigarettes in less than three minutes. Cameras at the Londis store in Potters Bar recorded two men approaching...
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Product News
GPs have their say
Retailers should hand over the profits they make from tobacco sales to fund tobacco control projects and reduce smoking rates, doctors have said. The proposal is one of several measures outlined in a new report by the British Medical Association,...
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News
Retailers are good sports
Nine Leicester c-stores took part in a children’s five-a-side tournament as part of the My Shop is Your Shop community football scheme. Sponsored by Walkers, the tournament capped a week in which teams of youngsters, assembled by their local stores,...
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News
Fleet of foot
With publishers exploring new routes to market, home newspaper delivery faces a tough future, says Dave Visick
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News
MPs sit on the fence
Retailers have roundly criticised the government’s failure to commit to any of the recommendations listed in the Competition Commission’s final report into the grocery market. In its response to the findings the government said it would await the...
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News
Easy does it?
Tesco’s Fresh & Easy is its attempt to crack the US market, but will it catch on? Tracy West investigates
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Is your store ‘performing’? Need a licence?
The music industry is in trouble what with ‘free’ downloads and artists sometimes avoiding the middle man and going straight for the ear. Is this why the Performing Rights Society (PRS) is running a campaign to get retailers to pay for a licence to broadcast music?
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News
Cuts could spell end for terminals
Spar retailer Kevin Hunt has warned that Vodafone’s cut in retailers’ margin on top-ups could bring about an end to electronic bill payment in convenience stores like his. Kevin has ended his boycott of Vodafone (C-Store, July 11), which drew...
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News
Point Four in court
HM Revenue and Customs has issued a winding-up petition against epos and digital media firm Point Four. The case was due to be heard at the High Court on July 16, but was adjourned until August 12. The Point Four business model provides retailers...
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Point or zone? More conflicting views roll in
My most recent coverage of the PayPoint saga has prompted another flurry of responses, not all of them negative. It also prompted another email from PayPoint which said: “In addition to the points about service and support already mentioned...
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News
Next stop Chicago
Two of the industry’s brightest young stars are off to America this autumn as winners of the 2008 ACS Achievement Award. Laura Jupp, assistant brand manager at Spar UK, and Ben Wiseman, a supply chain graduate at Cadbury, won the retailer and...
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Product News
Last chance to save displays
Convenience Store today urges all retailers to make their voice heard in the debate on the way tobacco products are sold in this country.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Stepping up to the challenge: fingerprinting proves a hit
I have to commend Dilip Patel on two counts. One, he takes responsible retailing extremely seriously at his store, and two, he employs Sharon Hill. The store, Dilip’s Multistore, trades in the large village of Shepshed in Leicestershire, near some schools, and consequently operates
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News
Counterfeit cash
Accepting counterfeit money can have a devastating effect on your profits, says Gaelle Walker
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Product News
Bubbling up
A host of new product development is adding some long-awaited sparkle to the carbonates category
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News
Equipped for battle
Londis retailer Andrew Young is determined to succeed, despite being struck by burglars twice in his first few weeks in business
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News
Tobacco display ban is just the start
The current proposals to ban the display of tobacco products and 10-packs of cigarettes is only the thin end of what will be a vast legislative wedge, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned. ACS public affairs director Shane Brennan...
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Features and analysis
MPs back crackdown
A cross-party group of MPs has supported a Bill which could result in tougher penalties for shoplifters. The motion, put forward by Conservative MP Anne McIntosh under the parliamentary 10-minute rule, calls for shop crime to be excluded from the...