All News articles – Page 395
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Strong sales wipe out Booker debt
Booker's revival has continued with another strong set of results.
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Own label set to boom as suppliers cut deals
Own-label product ranges could be small stores' best route to meeting customers' expectations of value, according to an industry data analyist.
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Traders take fight to Sainsbury’s door
Retailers in the picturesque town of Ottery St Mary in Devon are warming up for the "fight of their lives" once a new 20,000sq ft Sainsbury's opens this autumn.
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NIW shows indies’ everyday worth
The My Shop is Your Shop campaign returns to propel independent retailers to the national spotlight this month with a new emphasis on a year-round celebration of the local shop's place at the heart of its community. National Independents'...
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Indies first in line for Camelot bill payment
Independent retailers will be the first outlets to get new equipment should Camelot's proposed expansion into commercial services go ahead.
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ID card backlash after national scheme is scrapped
The new coalition government’s announcement that it will scrap the national identity card scheme has coincided with concerns from civil liberties groups about stores’ age-verification procedures.
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Coalition's ‘positive agenda’ for small stores
A ban on below-cost selling of alcohol, a supermarket ombudsman and a cut in red tape are among benefits for independent retailers promised by the new coalition government.
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The corner shop remembered and celebrated
An exhibition which explore the heritage of the neighbourhood store is touring the West Midlands.
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National Independents Week is just the start
The My Shop is Your Shop campaign returns to propel independent retailers to the national spotlight this month with a new emphasis on a year-round celebration of the local shop’s place at the heart of its community.
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Sainsbury’s aims to grow convenience store numbers
Sainsbury’s has announced that it is to open 100 convenience stores in the next 12 months
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Local shop signatories become MPs
More than 40 of the parliamentary candidates that signed the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) Local Shops Pledge have gone on to become MPs
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Is this the greenest c-store in the UK?
A new community- owned store has the environment at its heart. Gaelle Walker went to visit
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Store footfall up says new survey
Over two-thirds of independent retailers reported a rise in customers in the past 12 months, according to a survey of 13,500 retailers by PayPoint
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Elgar bows out as the face of £20
The Bank of England is withdrawing the Edward Elgar £20 note from circulation from June 30. After this date the note will no longer have legal tender status and stores will not be obliged to accept it as payment
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ACS says: Now’s your chance to win over MPs
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is urging independent retailers to seize "a springboard into the new parliament" by inviting their new MP to visit their store
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Makro and P&H form new buying alliance
Two of the UK's largest wholesalers, P&H and Makro, are to work together to try to get better prices from suppliers
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Newspapers back small shops’ cause
Two national newspapers have stepped forward to show their support for the independent store sector.
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Budgens’ time has come, retailers told
Budgens retailers have the chance to give their customers "real food for today's communities" while building their business, the group has told members.
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Local council calls on Tesco to keep out
One of Britain's most passionate struggles against the growth of the multiple supermarket chains has received the backing of local councillors
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Local sourcing could solve climate change
Supporting neighbourhood shops in their efforts to source and sell more locally produced goods could play a pivotal role in tackling climate change, a new report by Making Local Food Work claims.