All News articles – Page 425
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Community prizewinner is ‘more than a c-store’
The winners of the title of Best Community Post Office in this year’s People’s PO Awards have put their success down to the extra services they provide for their customers.
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Sinking newsagents seek OFT lifeline
Britain’s newsagents warn that they could be consigned to history unless the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) takes action to protect their future.
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Act today to save displays
Time's running out to remind your MP that the tobacco display ban will not achieve its aims but will harm small businesses like yours.
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Suppliers join in Indies' campaign
Support for local stores is pouring in from suppliers and wholesalers in the build up to National Independents' Week next month.
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Ingredients add to recipe for recovery
The return of home cooking means it’s back to basics for c-stores
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NI distribution scheme adds to charge burden
Newspaper retailers in London and Birmingham will pay an extra £12.25 a week for deliveries under a new scheme from publisher News International (NI).
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Authorities urged to act on news closures
Britain's small independent newsagents are closing at a rate of more than one a day, according to the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN), which saw 510 of its members go bankrupt last year.
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P&H aims to get the message to shoppers
Palmer & Harvey is creating a stronger focus on shopper communications to drive sales through retailers' stores this year.
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POs must foot the bill for ATM error
The Post Office is under fire for demanding subpostmasters pay thousands of pounds in backdated charges for supplying cash to its free cash machines.
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Londis supply changes improve fresh offer
Londis retailers are soon to benefit from an improved fresh food supply chain which will enhance product freshness and encourage them to stock a wider range.
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Concern over planning priorities
A new consultation paper on town centre planning has prompted the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) to question the government's support for local shops.
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Refits help Co-op to rack up record profits
The Co-operative Group has reported profits of £393m for the year ending January 10, 2009, an increase of 11% compared with the previous year.
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Jail sentence ends gang's crime spree
Members of a criminal gang which raided more than 20 isolated convenience stores carried on their crime spree despite receiving suspended sentences for previous convictions.
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C-stores can weigh in on health issues
Health and wellness are set to become even bigger priorities for tomorrow's shoppers, retailers attending the ACS summit were told.
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JTI Silk Cut limited edition
JTI has launched a range of five limited-edition designs for Silk Cut, available for this month only.
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Post offices in the frame to take fingerprints
Post offices could soon offer face scanning and fingerprinting services as part of the voluntary national identity card scheme, which is due to be launched in Greater Manchester this autumn.
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Stores profit from panic over swine flu
Convenience stores have reported a surge in sales of tissues and antibacterial products following public concern over a swine flu pandemic.
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Man of the moment
What makes 2008 Convenience Retailer of the Year Guy Warner so special? Gaelle Walker went to his Budgens store to find out
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Alcohol code brings “confusion” to licensing system
Retail trade bodies have labelled the government’s draft code of practice for alcohol retailers as “confusing” and “bad for competition”.