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Newsagents’ anger as Star follows Sun
News retailers are threatening to delist the Daily Star after publisher Northern & Shell's decision to cut its price to 25p, reducing retailers' share to 6.05p, and to 40p on Saturday, a cut of almost 5p to the retailer. The publisher...
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Demand for balance in tobacco plan
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has urged the government to crack down on tobacco proxy purchasing as part of a balanced approach to reducing youth smoking.
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Battery retailers urged to be ready
Retailers eligible for the Batteries Compliance Scheme are being urged to sign up ahead of the Christmas rush on batteries, to ensure they do not end up paying to have them recycled when the law changes in 2010. From February 1 next year,...
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Stores build bigger and better future
Despite recession and lending restrictions, 2009 was a year of investment. The convenience industry is preparing for the new decade with a new breed of larger, better local store if it can find the money to fund the investment...
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New faces elected to Nisa holdings board
The Nisa-Today's Holdings Board has two new faces following the group's elections.
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Free caps to help boost spirit sales
The supplier of Smirnoff, Gordons and Bells is offering independent retailers free security caps in an effort to persuade them to bring spirits out from behind the counter. Diageo Great Britain's Free Your Spirits campaign...
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Makro offers a little textra for Christmas
Independent retailers can make big savings thanks to a SMS Christmas promotion from cash and carry Makro.
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Forget CTN, fresh food is the future
Stores must shun the old retail model of CTN (confectionery, tobacco and news) and a reliance on distress purchases if they are to thrive, according to AF Blakemore's managing director for Spar distribution Dennis Evans. Addressing...
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Government seeks views on PO services
Plans for increased services offered by the Post Office network have been outlined by the government in a public consultation document.
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2009: the year of bigger and better convenience stores
Despite recession and lending restrictions, 2009 was a year of investment for the convenience retail industry
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Nisa issues ‘will not deflect’ Costcutter
Bibby will continue to invest in Costcutter despite failing in its takeover bid for Nisa-Today's and losing the ambient distribution contract for the organisation, Costcutter executive chairman Colin Graves has told C-Store.
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Dhamecha ready for depot number six
London cash and carry group Dhamecha has started work on its sixth depot.
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Haldanes plans for 50 stores
Haldanes, the new retail group which opened its first stores last month, has acquired 13 more sites and expects to open 50 stores within the next four years.
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VAT change goes ahead at busiest time of the year
Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed the planned rise in the rate of VAT to 17.5% will go ahead on January 1.
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Ambitious Asco aims at local shoppers
Asco, the new chain of food stores which opened its first store on a former Woolworths site in Warrington, Cheshire, this month, has set its sights on customers who shop "little and often".
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Online help for community stores
More than 220 community-owned stores have signed up to a new website designed to facilitate information sharing between the UK’s growing legion of community shops.
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The new face of Today’s
The Today’s Group has introduced an new look for its Today’s Local and Today’s Extra fascias.
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