All articles by Andrew Don – Page 5
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Features and analysis
Which way for rates appeals?
Business rates can be confusing and a new appeal system has done little to help the situation. C-Store examines the new regime.
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James Retail Group embraces digital learning for 600 staff
The James Retail Group has embraced digital learning with news that more than 600 of its staff at its 74 stores will look to boost their skills in a dozen key areas of business.
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C-stores could face shake-up of employment rights
A UK government-commissioned review of modern working practices has recommended a shakeup of remuneration and employment rights in traditionally low-paid sectors, including retail.
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Retailers resigned to multiple-led consolidation
Much of the independent convenience store sector is resigned to multiple-led consolidation in the wake of the proposed Tesco/Booker deal and Sainsbury’s interest in Nisa.
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Co-op urges industry support to tackle water poverty
Co-operative Group’s chief executive Steve Murrells has appealed for wider industry action across the globe to join the mutual in its fight against water poverty.
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Subway reveals ambitious expansion plans
Subway, whose concessions are in hundreds of UK and Ireland convenience stores, has revealed plans to add another 500 stores by 2020.
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Retailers warned over unregistered alcohol suppliers
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) has urged retailers to check their alcohol suppliers’ Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) numbers because dodgy suppliers are still trying to trick convenience store operators.
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Booker reports 4.2% rise in first quarter like-for-like sales
Booker Group has reported group sales up 4% year on year and like for likes up 4.2% in its first-quarter trading update.
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Community Shop to expand after hitting £1m turnover
Social supermarket group Community Shop has disclosed plans to take its social enterprise into more communities across the UK.
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CollectPlus links with delivery service for on-demand returns
CollectPlus, the UK’s largest independent store-based delivery and returns network formed by Yodel and PayPoint, has linked with Gett Delivery, the app-based on-demand delivery service, to provide on-demand returns.
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Own label booming in grocery, research reveals
Own label products, an area in which the independent sector has been applying much of its focus, is booming throughout most of the grocery sector, the latest research from Kantar Worldpanel shows.
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Ban on automatic rollover contracts takes effect
Convenience stores will be able to save huge amounts on their energy bills after measures the Competition and Markets Authority introduced take effect this week (27 June).
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Nisa members split over Sainsbury's talk
Uncertainty among Nisa members is growing by the day with the increasing speculation about the exclusive talks between the mutual and multiple giant Sainsbury’s.
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Demand grows for voice-activated grocery shopping
Voice-activated devices could play a key role in grocery shopping from home in future with more than a quarter of all shoppers open to “conversational commerce”, the IGD’s latest research shows.
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Midcounties scores top marks in corporate responsibility index
The Midcounties Co-operative has clinched the rare achievement of five stars in Business in the Community’s annual Corporate Responsibility Index.
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Co-op capitalises on Scottish gin boom with 10 new lines
The Co-operative Group has got into the “ginaissance” spirit north of the border by adding 10 Scottish gins to its alcoholic drinks offering.
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Growth in retail food to go market slows, research says
The UK out-of-home foodservice market, which includes food-to-go through retailers, has slowed one year after the June 2016 Brexit referendum, the latest foodservice research from The NPD Group suggest
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Convenience stores thrive in June heatwave
Convenience stores have risen to the challenge during the hottest June weather in more than 40 years despite refrigeration challenges and potential out-of-stocks.
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Stores urged to design out weak spots
Retailers and experts are increasingly stressing the importance of designing out weak points in store to minimise the impact of theft.
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Retailer hails police and staff's response to knife threat
Leamington Spa One Stop franchisee Sunder Sandher has hailed Warwickshire Police for its “fantastic” response when staff were allegedly threatened at knifepoint.