All articles by Mark Wingett – Page 4
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Features and analysis
Retailers keep faith in ASBOs
Retailers have backed the continued use of anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) to fight the problem of abusive customers, even though new figures show that more than 40% of those issued have been breached.
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News
NFRN says split could hurt stores
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) has warned that the proposed split in newspaper and magazine distribution will be “disastrous” for independent newsagents.
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News
Foreign legion
Mark Wingett reports on the trend for employing migrant workers and how to do it the right way.
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Features and analysis
Report questions crime schemes
Retailers have called on the government to re-think its policy over Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) after a new report said it was not clear how much they contributed to a reduction in crime.
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News
Appean’s Way
Mark Wingett reports on a high-energy retailer bringing down crime by regenerating a South London shopping parade.
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News
Tesco under attack again
Tesco has once again come under attack over its growing presence in the grocery market, but this time some of its own shareholders have joined in.
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Features and analysis
Switch on for summer
Mark Wingett looks at innovative equipment that could generate extra sales for summer 2005
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News
Spaced Out
Lack of parking spaces and ticket-happy traffic wardens are making life difficult for c-store owners, says Mark Wingett
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News
The red tape measure
Retailers are struggling in a quagmire of business regulation that is increasingly distracting them from running their stores. David Rees and Mark Wingett report
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News
Somerfield franchises put on hold
Somerfield has put its franchise model on hold as it seeks to learn lessons from its experiences of dealing with independent retailers.
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News
Forecourt foray
C-stores are continuing to attract buyers, with demand for forecourt stores leading the way according to property experts Christie & Co.
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News
Time to stop cloning around
Small stores are being driven out of town centres by chain stores, according to a new report, which has called for changes in planning laws to reverse the trend.
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Product News
Three strikes alcohol warning
Retailers who are caught selling alcohol to under 18s could have their alcohol licences revoked for up to 48 hours as part of legislation announced by the government in its new Violent Crime Bill.
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Features and analysis
Uncovering crime
Mark Wingett reports on retailers’ attitudes towards people wearing hats, caps and hooded tops in their stores
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News
Serving notice on crime
Mark Wingett reports on a retailer who’s on a mission to combat crime across two local communities
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News
OFT’s mixed bag
The Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) draft opinion on the newspaper and magazine distribution chain has been met with disappointment by retailers.
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News
Law enforcer
Mark Wingett reports on a retailer who takes a range of steps to protect his store and the local community
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News
Somerfield facing mass defection
Somerfield is facing a mass defection by Mace retailers in Scotland frustrated at what they see as a lack of communication from the multiple and the continuing uncertainty over its future.
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News
EC threatens a 48-hour week
C-store employees could have a cap placed on the number of hours they work, if proposals to scrap the current opt out from the Working Time Directive get approved.
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