All News articles – Page 414
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Be prepared when the fall guys stop by
Injury claims may rise as cash-strapped customers look to make a quick buck, say conveniene store insurance specialists.
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Reach for the stars
After 25 years in the business, Yorkshire retailer Patrick Moon has finally achieved the store of his dreams
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Post Offices' Horizon critics join forces to air concerns
Current and former postmasters who have incurred financial losses they believe are due to glitches in the Post Office's Horizon computer system are forming a pressure group to air their concerns.
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EFB snaps up Wine Cellar outlets
Midlands-based EFB Retail Ltd has acquired 109 stores from Wine Cellar Stores, the national retail chain which went into administration last week.
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Last-minute lobbying gets tobacco message to Ministers
Retailers representatives have lobbied government ministers over the proposed tobacco display ban, due for debate in the House of Commons next week.
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Kerry initiative puts focus on the Essentials
Kerry Foods Direct To Store (KFDTS) is helping retailers adapt to the economic situation with a new initiative to save them money and increase consumer spending.
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Price blamed for drink deaths in Scotland
Calls to introduce a minimum price for alcohol were renewed in Scotland this week after a survey revealed that six times more people died drink-induced deaths in the country than they did in the rest of the UK.
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Convenience Retail Awards 2010 launched
Dust off the tuxedo and get all those shelves faced up, we’re on the lookout once again for the nation’s best convenience stores
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Campaign update: Stop tobacco proxy purchasing
October 12 is also a crucial day for our Stop Proxy Purchasing Tobacco campaign, thanks to an amendment set to be tabled by Conservative Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. The Tories agree that making it illegal for an adult to purchase...
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A Champion day out for the retailing elite
Retailers from across the country converged for a meeting of minds at the inaugural C-Store Champions Lunch, held in Birmingham last week.The day was a huge success, covering topics from legislative gripes to local initiatives and even...
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Waitrose steps up its push to convenience retailing
Waitrose's decision to open 300 small stores across the country has been welcomed by many in the convenience store industry, who feel it shows great faith in the sector's strength.
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Traders outraged at council discount plan
Rochdale retailers and locals are fuming over their council's proposal to secure its employees discounts in town centre shops.
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Newsagents cry foul over OFT referral verdict
Retailers have suggested that "forces outside the normal conventions of legal, economic and public interest" are behind the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)'s decision not to refer the newstrade distribution market to the Competition Commission.
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Tobacco display: it’s a fight to the last
With less than two weeks to go before MPs return to Parliament and vote on the Health Bill on October 12, the fight to keep tobacco products on public display has reached a critical point.
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Labour Pains
C-Store looks at ways to deal with those delicate staff issues which can have a dire effect on your business
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Tobacco cons rise after Irish display ban
Irish retailers are being hit by a significant rise in the number of scams since a ban on tobacco display was implemented on July 1.
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Alcohol code put on hold for two years
Retailers may get a two-year reprieve from the mandatory Alcohol Code of Practice which proposes they display information about the alcohol unit content of drinks on sale and their impact on consumer health.
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A brand new brand: marketing your c-store
The first few weeks of relaunching a convenience store are crucial. A couple from Kent reveal how they did it.
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Brown's minimum wage pledge angers small shops
A government pledge to continue raising the national minimum wage (NMW) will harm small businesses and undermine the role of the Low Pay Commission the ACS (Association of Convenience Stores) has said
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Retailers riled over business rates change
Retailers across the UK are bracing themselves for a dramatic fluctuation in their Business Rates bills when a new system for assessing rateable values is implemented in April 2010.