All News articles – Page 435
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Positive views of the new year
Convenience retailers are quietly optimistic about the year to come, despite the gloom enveloping the high street.
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stocklines - Werther's Originals
BENDICKS has introduced a new addition to its Werther's Original brand.
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We can work it out
Businesses may be under pressure but as the next few pages show there are ways to keep profits up and optimism high
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stocklines - Tsingtao
HALEWOOD INTERNATIONAL is investing in a major media campaign for its Tsingtao Chinese beer.
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M & S to close 25 convenience stores
Marks and Spencer is to close 25 of its Simply Food convenience stores after reporting a drop in sales for the third quarter of 2008.
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Next-generation Mosquito extends bite to all ages
Mosquito, the controversial device designed to break up groups of troublesome teenagers, has been redesigned to annoy people of all ages.
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Trade doubts merit of an alcohol code
A planned new Code of Practice for alcohol retailers could see an end to multipack deals and introduce mandatory training for staff, but falls short of preventing supermarkets from selling alcohol below cost.
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A chipper invention: Carrier bags made from potatoes
The latest move in the battle against plastic bags comes with the introduction of an environmentally friendly carrier bag made from potatoes.
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Ram goes to top of the class
Doncaster retailer Ram Odedra provided an early Christmas present for a local school thanks to Convenience Store and the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' My Shop is Your Shop (MSYS) campaign.
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Co-op waits for keys to Somerfield
The Co-operative Group will not get its hands on the keys to Somerfield before mid-February 2009, chief executive Peter Marks has revealed.
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Co-op store taps into water power
A Co-op in New Mills, Derbyshire, has become the first hydro-powered convenience store in the UK.
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Small firms fail to report crime
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that 64% of small businesses were victims of crime over the past year but that less than half of incidents were reported to the police.
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Retailer stung by test purchase failure
A London store trader has had to pay out more than £2,000 after selling alcohol to a 16-year-old in a test purchase sting.
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Raj hits gold: Named My Shop is Your Shop Retailer of the Year
Raj Aggarwal, who runs a Londis store at Wigston, Leicester, was named My Shop is Your Shop Retailer of the Year at the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' Gold Medal awards last month.
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Grey matter: Can c-stores do more to look after the elderly
The older generation are important customers, but c-stores could be doing even more to look after them, says Gaelle Walker
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Scots concerned at council's plan for alcohol code of practice
Scottish retailers have reacted with concern to a regional council's plan to introduce its own Code of Practice for alcohol retailers.
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Banking crisis could help post offices
The recent banking crisis could have beneficial effects for post offices, according Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton.
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Business rates to be next battle
Retailers are calling on the government to ease the "triple whammy" of a large increase in businesses rates, a revaluation of rates made at the height of the property market and the added threat of supplementary charges.
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Family footsteps: Keeping the family business going
John Mitchell is determined to continue the success of his family's business
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Retailers call for restraint over National Minimum Wage
A delegation of independent retailers has warned the Low Pay Commission that further increases in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) could seriously affect the viability of their businesses.