All articles by Aidan Fortune – Page 99
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Spar snaps up Somerfield stores
Spar has purchased 11 former Somerfield stores from the Co-operative Group, some of which will be converted to its larger-store Eurospar format.
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BP convenience stores prosper over Christmas
BP has announced a growth of 5% in like-for-like sales in its convenience stores for the three-week period covering Christmas and New Year.
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Booker sales up 2.7%
Wholesaler Booker has reported 2.7% year-on-year growth in total sales for the 16 weeks up to 2 January, 2009.
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Laird named as Today's Group chief
Nisa-Today’s has appointed Bill Laird as the new managing director of its wholesale arm, the Today's Group.
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Sales up thanks to under-21 booze ban
A retailer who is refusing to sell alcohol to anyone under 21 says sales figures have improved because shoppers feel safer in his store.
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M & S to close 25 convenience stores
Marks and Spencer is to close 25 of its Simply Food convenience stores after reporting a drop in sales for the third quarter of 2008.
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Co-op store taps into water power
A Co-op in New Mills, Derbyshire, has become the first hydro-powered convenience store in the UK.
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Small firms fail to report crime
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that 64% of small businesses were victims of crime over the past year but that less than half of incidents were reported to the police.
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Features and analysis
New guidelines back jail for shoplifters
Shoplifters who target independent retailers will face harsher penalties according to new guidelines from the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC)
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Product News
Brewing up a storm: Installing hot beverage facilities
Cold mornings plus busy lifestyles could add up to big profits for retailers who install hot beverage facilities, writes Aidan Fortune
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Healthy start to fresh initiative
Retailers involved in the Change4Life healthy eating scheme have applauded its early success.
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Features and analysis
MP seeks support for Shoplifting Bill
Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh has tabled an Early Day Motion to promote support for her Shoplifting Bill
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Government pledge persuaded councils to withdraw bag bill
The government has promised the London Councils that a minimum charge will be imposed on retailers if they do not make a significant voluntary cut in the number of plastic bags they use
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Flash in the pan? The revival in pricemarking
Pricemarking has seen a revival in 2008 and retailers are increasingly supporting it
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Location, location
The cereal bar sector is growing fast, but retailers are missing out by putting them in the wrong place, says Aidan Fortune
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Council vetoes ‘ugly’ shutters
The owners of a store in Southport, Lancashire have had to remove their £2,000 shutter system and replace it with plywood boards after falling foul of local planning rules which say security systems must look ‘attractive’. Ken Wilkins and Martin Bos...
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Credit crisis halts retail expansion
Independent retailers have lost faith in the banking sector following the government’s multi-billion bail-out plan and fear tougher lending conditions will prevent business expansion.
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Girl power
An empty c-store was too much temptation for entrepreneurs Angie Stevenson and Sharon Butler. Aidan Fortune follows their first steps in the retail industry
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Features and analysis
Fake coins are on the increase
Retailers are urged to be extra vigilant when it comes to accepting £1 coins. According to a survey carried out by the Royal Mint, one in 50 pound coins are forgeries – more than double the amount in 2003 when the last figures were made public. The...
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Features and analysis
Punishments too harsh, says study
Convenience store owners have lashed out at claims the government is too quick to convict young people who commit petty offences. In a report for King’s College London, Professor Rod Morgan criticised the government’s widening summary powers such as...