All News articles – Page 187
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NewsHigh-profile retailer Paul Stone opens seventh Spar store
Spar retailer Paul Stone has opened his seventh store - and the first outside Manchester - in the town of Marple, near Stockport.
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NewsSupermarkets see first sales growth in eight months
Supermarket sales rose for the first time in more than eight months according to new data from Nielsen, as sales grew 2.5% year-on-year for the four week period ending March 26.
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NewsACS Summit attracts retailing experts
Some of the industry’s leading retailers, suppliers and experts will be providing insight and analysis of the future of the sector at this year’s ACS Summit on 19 April.
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NewsFSA issues food fraud warning to UK stores
Retailers are being warned to stick to their trusted sources of supply, after a food standards agency investigation into UK food crime uncovered “a wide range of risks across the food industry.”
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NewsNew £1 Coin to be introduced in March 2017
The current £1 coin is to be replaced by a 12-sided coin from March next year, the government has announced.
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NewsNational Living Wage comes into force
Retailers are now required to pay employees aged 25 and over £7.20 per hour under the National Living Wage (NLW), which came into force today.
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NewsLondon stores stripped of alcohol licences
Two stores in West Ealing, London, have had their alcohol licences revoked following a string of serious disorder issues.
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NewsNisa launches new in-store 'wine festival' initiative
Nisa Retail has launched a new ’wine festival’ initiative across its member stores to help drive sales and encourage cross category purchases.
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NewsBooker posts 2.5% drop in Q4 like-for-like sales
Booker has posted a 2.5% drop in like-for-like sales for the fourth quarter, but total sales including Budgens and Londis rose by 10.6%.
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NewsOwn label goods made in unhygienic factory recalled
A long list of own label products produced for Bestway, Premier and Aldi have been recalled after the factory that makes them was found to be dirty.
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NewsBan on e-cig adverts in Scotland could "pose significant harm"
A proposed ban on advertising electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) in Scotland could “pose significant harm” to Scottish citizens.
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NewsSGF to meet Police Scotland over Glasgow retail crime
The Scottish Grocers’ Federation is set to meet with Police Scotland following the murder of Asad Shah and other recent assaults on retailers in Glasgow.
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NewsIndependent c-stores growing at faster-than-average rate
Independent convenience stores saw a net increase of 173 units (+3.49%) last year, surpassing the overall rate of growth for independent shops (0.18%), according to the Local Data Company.
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NewsC-stores take a bigger bite out of Easter opportunity
Retailers across the country celebrated a cracking Easter, with many reporting significant increases in sales and footfall, with peaks on Easter Sunday.
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NewsCommunity rallies around murdered store owner's family
More than £90,000 has been raised for the family of a Glasgow c-store owner who was fatally stabbed last Thursday evening in what is being treated as a religiously-motivated attack.
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NewsRippleglen chain acquired by James Convenience Retail
Local store chain First Stop News Ltd (Rippleglen) has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by James Convenience Retail (JCR), the convenience business owned and run by Jonathan and Rebecca James.
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NewsCostcutter Hockley relaunches premium look store with fun day
Costcutter Hockley in Essex marked the launch of its new premium look store at a fun day celebration with the local community, while also raising money for Little Havens Hospice.
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NewsStore boosts sales with in-store Easter treasure hunt
Sherston Post Office & Stores owners Paul and Gail Mather (pictured right) and team member Liz Snow (left) are hoping to create a buzz at their Wiltshire store over Easter.
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NewsSubway's 5,000th European store opens in Scotland
Subway has opened its 5,000th European store with the launch of a new unit in Livingston, Scotland.
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NewsWelsh government ditches electronic cigarette ban plan
Plans to ban electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) from all public places where children were present have been thrown out by the Welsh Assembly.