All News articles – Page 412
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Rebates due for in-store music licences
About £20m could be repaid to retailers if the Copyright Tribunal's decision to cap fees on music played in stores is upheld
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Costcutter’s bowled move puts Gough on screen
Costcutter is hoping to bowl retailers over with the launch of its biggest ever advertising campaign fronted by cricketing legend Darren Gough, and a raft of technological improvements.
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Don't hamper our growth, stores tell Darling
A minimum wage freeze, delayed VAT increases and a rethink of the proposed rise in National Insurance contributions are among store owners' demands put to Chancellor Alistair Darling ahead of his pre-Budget report.
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Shopping local makes Nisa's summer
Shoppers are flooding back to "vibrant" local stores, says Nisa-Today's, which has seen an increase in both value and volume of sales over the past six months
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Red letter days
Conveience retailers Vickram Karavadra, Tony Scott, Sharon Downdney and Lesley brown explain how they make seasonal events work for them
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Battery take-back schemes for 2010
The Environment Agency has issued details of the first Battery Compliance Schemes (BCSs) which will collect batteries from c-stores from February under new regulations.
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Retailers to magazine suppliers: change or be changed
Retailers of magazines believe they must be given more control over copy allocation and choice of supply if the distribution chain is to avoid a further probe by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
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Counter intuition
As a rundown area where crime is rife, Chapel Langley in Luton isn't an easy place to run a convenience store.
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David Sands grows sales and profit
New store openings and a refurbishment programme helped boost sales at Scottish convenience store group David Sands Ltd by over 20% during 2008, the company reports
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London's free paper could set the Standard
The London Evening Standard's surprise announcement that it would become a freesheet from last week could cost the capital's news vendors an estimated £25,000 a day in profit, and have a knock-on effect on the sales of other titles.
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Work placements - what's in it for retailers?
Over the coming months, convenience retailers can expect a flurry of students looking to pre-book work experience placements, following the government's decision to introduce the Diploma in Retail Business in September 2010.
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Legal action tries to overturn display ban
Marlboro maker Philip Morris International (PMI) has joined forces with an independent retailer to sue the Irish government for outlawing tobacco displays, and says it will not rule out similar action in the UK.
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Government not convinced by grocery ombudsman
A decision on whether to appoint a grocery ombudsman will be made before the end of the year, the government has confirmed
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Turton succeeds Marwood at ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has elected Neil Turton as its chairman. Turton, who is the chief executive of Nisa-Today's, will serve in this position for the next two years.
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EFB rescues Wine Cellar from the bin
Midlands-based EFB Retail Ltd has acquired 109 stores from Wine Cellar Stores, the national c-store and off licence chain which went into administration earlier this month. The stores, currently trading under the Booze Buster, Simply...
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Retailers urged to challenge rates
Independent store owners are urging their fellow retailers to appeal against new business rates valuations introduced this month. Values are now calculated based on property rental prices as measured during buoyant conditions in April...
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Competition test sent to government
The government has been formally asked to adopt the latest recommendation by the Competition Commission (CC) for a competition test in retail planning applications, which would prevent supermarkets opening new stores in areas where they already hold...
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MPs display lack of support for retailers
Tobacco display ban goes ahead as planned despite lively late debate. The Health Bill has finally completed its progress through the House of Commons, meaning that a display ban on tobacco products will be imposed on large stores from 2011 and ...
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Eurospar goes large in Wales and South West
Spar's international format for larger stores, Eurospar, has been introduced to Wales and the South West of England. Conrad Davies, whose family own two stores in Pwhelli, North Wales, has doubled his estate with new stores in Blaenau...
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Smart facts: Soup market simmers nicely
Recession shopping habits continue to drive traditional grocery sales in independent stores. The independent sector continues to be buoyant with a growth in sales of 5.7% in September according to SalesOut, which...