All News articles – Page 192
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NewsNorth East Convenience Stores and Nisa to cut ties
North East Convenience Stores (NECS) is in discussions with a new supply partner after agreeing to end its 16-year relationship with Nisa.
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NewsMore shoppers will mark Pancake Day than Valentine's
Retailers are being encouraged to turn up the heat on their Pancake Day displays and ranges with more than half of all UK shoppers planning to celebrate the event this year.
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NewsConviviality Retail's like-for-like sales dip but expansion on track
Conviviality Retail has reported a 1.3% decline in like-for-like sales for the half year ending 1 November 2015, but its store expansion plan remains on target.
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NewsMy Local looks to build sales from its "base camp"
Convenience chain My Local has started a complete category-by-category review of its range as it looks to refine its customer offer and increase sales.
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NewsCRA 2016 awards shortlist released
The shortlist for the 2016 Convenience Retail Awards, organised by Convenience Store and The Grocer, has been released.
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NewsMenthol e-liquids to be banned in Germany
Germany is seeking to ban menthol e-liquids along with a variety of other flavours when it enforces the European Tobacco Products Directive (EUTPD) this May.
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NewsDrop in bill payments and mobile top-ups slows PayPoint growth
PayPoint has announced a decline in bill transactions and mobile top-ups in the three months until the end of 2015, although retail service transactions grew by 14.3%.
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NewsJTI launches new smaller packs ahead of law change
Just four months before UK tobacco manufacturers will be forced to stop producing cigarettes in packs of less than 20, JTI has unveiled a new smaller pack size for its value prided B&H Blue brand.
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NewsThieves thwarted by automated tobacco dispenser
Thieves who attempted to steal thousands of pounds-worth of cigarettes from a forecourt in central England were forced to flee empty-handed after they were thwarted by the store’s automated tobacco dispenser.
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News30% of retailers to cut staff hours when pay rates go up
As many as 30% of c-store retailers will have to make significant changes to their businesses as a result of April’s increase in statutory wage rates, according to a new survey commissioned by C-Store.
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NewsRetailers support volunteer police plan
Retailers have backed plans to give new powers to volunteer police as crime statistics reveal the highest level of shop theft since 2003.
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NewsScottish MPs welcome launch of new retail report
Scottish political party leaders and former first minister Alex Salmond have welcomed the parliamentary launch of the first Scottish Local Shop Report.
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NewsFormer Argos exec appointed md of Conviviality Retail
Conviviality Plc has appointed former Argos executive David Robinson as managing director of Conviviality Retail, which oversees the group’s franchise store operations.
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NewsJohn Irish CBE, architect of convenience, dies
One of the architects of modern convenience trading in the UK, John Irish CBE, has died at the age of 84
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NewsOne in three indie c-stores in England charge for bags
Around one in three (33.1%) convenience store retailers in England now charge for single-use carrier bags despite being exempt from the law, according to an exclusive poll commissioned by C-Store.
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NewsStore owner helps piece together missing £33m Lotto ticket
An independent retailer from Worcester is basking under the global spotlight after he helped a local customer piece together what could be the winning £33m Lotto ticket.
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NewsNisa attributes recruitment boost to turnaround strategy
Nisa Retail increased its membership numbers by 374 stores in the nine months until the end of 2015.
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NewsConvenience property market resurgent in 2015
Property prices in the convenience retail sector grew at 10.3% in 2015 with growth predicted to continue in the medium term, although the pub conversion trend has tailed off, according to Christie & Co.
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NewsLandmark Wholesale announces its biggest £1 promotion
Landmark Wholesale is helping retailers to kick start their year with its latest offer, its biggest £1 promotion on 100 bestselling products.
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NewsSpar retailer Paul Stone poised to open new stores
High-profile Spar retailer Paul Stone is set top open his sixth and seventh stores - including his first outside Manchester city centre.