All News articles – Page 234
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NewsPut a sock in it
Lads come into the store and offer to pay for goods with money they have stored in their socks…
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NewsSouthern Co-op prepares to open its largest store yet
The Southern Co-operative is gearing up for the opening of what will be its largest store in its estate.
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NewsRetailer stung by shrinking tobacco pack sizes
Tobacco manufacturers are being called on to improve the way in which they communicate pack size changes to independent retailers.
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NewsTesco announces 4.6% fall in first half profits
Tesco has announced a 4.6% decline in UK like-for-like sales excluding petrol for the six months until August 23, but sales at its convenience stores grew by 0.8%.
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NewsSpecial delivery
The speciality and local products market has become small stores’ secret weapon when it comes to offering lines that the large stores can’t. C-Store looks at how retailers are managing this burgeoning category
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NewsTop-up back in growth at convenience stores
Convenience stores have successfully arrested the decline in top-up shoppers and started to win them back again during 2014, according to the latest data from HIM Research & Consulting.
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NewsNew 'Mega Fridays' EuroMillions game launched
Camelot is to introduce a new ‘Mega Fridays’ EuroMillions draw offering non-cash prizes for the first time.
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NewsIndustry anticipates local minimum unit pricing plans
Industry representatives have voiced concerns over minimum unit pricing (MUP) being introduced at a local level as licensing authorities seek to address alcohol-related issues.
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NewsC-store retailers demand business rates reform
Convenience store retailers from across the UK gathered in Westminster yesterday to call on ministers to reform the business rates system.
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NewsIllicit tobacco and spirits sales continue to grow
UK retailers are increasingly losing out to the illicit trade, with illegal tobacco and spirit sales having both risen, official new data shows.
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NewsSentencing Council launches draft guidelines for robbery
The Sentencing Council has published draft proposals for how robbers should be sentenced by courts.
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NewsNew payments directive could cut card charges
A revised EU Payment Services Directive is promising to slash the charges that UK retailers pay when processing credit and debit card payments.
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NewsCheema family confirms Costcutter exit
The Cheema family, who operate three stores in the West Midlands under the Malcolm’s Stores banner, have resigned from Costcutter and signed a supply deal with Nisa
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NewsMusgrave GB boss outlines vision for Budgens and Londis
Musgrave Retail Partners GB is “absolutely committed” to turning around the business and has no plans to sell Budgens and Londis, managing director Peter Ridler told C-Store this week.
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NewsShoplifting on the rise, new crime survey reveals
The number of shoplifting offences in England and Wales has increased over the past year.
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NewsRetailer who hid illegal cigs under platform prosecuted
A retailer from Spalding who had gone to “great lengths” to hide illicit tobacco in his store has been prosecuted by Lincolnshire Trading Standards.
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NewsGovernment failing to monitor planning rules, minister admits
Planning minister Brandon Lewis MP has admitted that the government does not monitor the effectiveness of planning rules it introduced to promote town centre development.
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NewsNew health report calls for ban on smoking in London's parks
Smoking should be banned from all London parks and other key public spaces, a new report by the Mayor’s London Health Commission has recommended.
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NewsSmiths News creates parcel collection service
Smiths News has entered the parcel delivery sector with a new click and collect service fulfilled via independent retail outlets.