All articles by Gaelle Walker – Page 61
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NewsPlain packs to cost more than 3,500 retail jobs
Thousands of jobs in the retail industry will be jeopardy if plain packaging of tobacco products were to be introduced, a new report claims.
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NewsConvenience stores enjoy sizzling summer sales
Convenience stores are winning the hearts and wallets of UK shoppers, with visitor numbers having soared in line with the temperature.
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NewsParents called on to help tackle illicit tobacco sales
Officials in Middlesbrough are trying to curb illicit tobacco sales with a campaign directed at parents
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NewsLondis centralises Bonds confectionery supply
Londis retailers can now order from confectionery supplier Bonds via its retail service centres
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NewsSubway strengthens its move into the convenience sector
Subway and Blakemore Retail have opened their third co-branded store, in South Wales.
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NewsACS to keep up fight for effective business rate relief
The government claims that relief has trebbled since the general election
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NewsIllicit tobacco discovered in Lincoln shop raids
More than 20,000 illicit cigarettes have been seized in Lincoln shops
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NewsNisa retailers host summer of community support
Nisa retailers host summer of community support
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NewsPremier promotion bags extra sales for retailers
Premier’s Mega Deal promotion is now generating more than £2m of additional sales for retailers each month
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NewsIllicit tobacco could force one in six stores out of business
One in six convenience store retailers are considering closing down because of the impact the illicit tobacco trade is having on their sales.
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NewsWHSmith plans to grow e-cig sales with Gamucci
WHSmith is hoping to boost sales of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) through its 600 high street stores with the roll-out of special Gamucci branded fixtures.
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NewsSmoking rates continue to fall among young people
Smoking prevalence amongst secondary school pupils has continued to fall, a new report has revealed.
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NewsNisa doles out surplus disribution to members
Nisa members are to receive a share of this year’s £3m surplus distribution sum, with a further £0.6m paid in dividend payments.
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NewsEasyJet founder to launch budget food store brand
Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is set to launch a new budget food store brand with a pricing structure below that of discounters Aldi and Lidl.
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NewsRetailers urged to stand up to EU tobacco regulation
Retailers have just over a month left to have their say on a raft of reforms to the European Tobacco Products Directive (EUTPD).
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NewsCouncils netting millions from parking enforcement
English councils raked in an additional £54m from parking enforcement in 2011/12 than the previous year, new figures published by the RAC Foundation show.
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NewsBAT leads e-cig charge with launch of Vype
BAT has become the first UK tobacco manufacturer to launch an electronic cigarette (e-cig) product onto the market.
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NewsDiversion tactics
The supermarkets’ growing online presence is a threat, but by upping their game independent retailers are finding ways to ensure shoppers prefer bricks to clicks. Gaelle Walker investigates
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NewsRetailers celebrate booming sales and royal baby's birth
Quick-thinking convenience stores experienced bumper sales following the birth of the royal baby, helping the nation toast the new arrival, and rekindling patriotic fervour.
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NewsCo-operative threatens to axe unclad lads mags
The Co-operative Retail Trading Group will remove lads mags from sale unless publishers put them in sealed modesty bags.