All News articles – Page 445
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Home comforts
Immigration is changing the customer profile of many convenience stores throughout Britain. Kate Miller looks at stores serving niche markets
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Hygiene ruling could confuse
A proposed initiative to improve food hygiene standards has been said to contain “only risks and no opportunities” for retailers. The Scores on the Doors (SOTDs) programme is intended to standardise the many different hygiene scoring systems...
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Fresh as a Daisy
Mike Boyce has transformed his family’s freezer shop into a vibrant store with a real fresh focus. Gaelle Walker went to take a look
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Point Four – Decision Vision Ltd
In our issue of August 8 we reported that a winding-up petition had been presented against Point Four. The company in question was Point Four Digital Media Ltd (which went into administration on July 28) and not Point Four - DecisionVision Ltd. Epos...
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Subs draw in trade
Brothers Saqi and Shami Ghafoor have added a Subway unit to their Nisa Local store in Gateshead. It is the first Subway to be installed in a convenience store in the North of England, and the first in the area to be halal compliant. Prior to opening...
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Nisa shares its success
Nisa-Today’s is to pay a £500,000 surplus to its members after its central distribution arm reported enhanced profits for the financial year. Members will receive their share of the windfall, the first such payment to them since 2005, next week....
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Shetland retailer has the last laugh
A tiny store in the Shetland Islands has taken on Tesco in one of the last areas beyond the reach of the supermarket giant. Brian Law, who runs The Mail Shop in the 400-strong community of Bressay Island, is facing competition from the newly opened...
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Push to stay local
Landmark Wholesale is promoting local shopping in a new campaign for Lifestyle Express stores. The ‘shop often, shop local, spend less’ strapline is designed to encourage consumers to use their local Lifestyle Express outlet more often, instead of...
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Payzone adds flat fee payments
E-payment terminal operator Payzone is to introduce a new payment structure for bill payments and utilities which it says will benefit retailers who process a large number of low-value transactions. The new arrangement, introduced on the day...
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Tobacco display ban is just the start
The current proposals to ban the display of tobacco products and 10-packs of cigarettes is only the thin end of what will be a vast legislative wedge, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned. ACS public affairs director Shane Brennan...
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Equipped for battle
Londis retailer Andrew Young is determined to succeed, despite being struck by burglars twice in his first few weeks in business
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Counterfeit cash
Accepting counterfeit money can have a devastating effect on your profits, says Gaelle Walker
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Next stop Chicago
Two of the industry’s brightest young stars are off to America this autumn as winners of the 2008 ACS Achievement Award. Laura Jupp, assistant brand manager at Spar UK, and Ben Wiseman, a supply chain graduate at Cadbury, won the retailer and...
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Point Four in court
HM Revenue and Customs has issued a winding-up petition against epos and digital media firm Point Four. The case was due to be heard at the High Court on July 16, but was adjourned until August 12. The Point Four business model provides retailers...
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Cuts could spell end for terminals
Spar retailer Kevin Hunt has warned that Vodafone’s cut in retailers’ margin on top-ups could bring about an end to electronic bill payment in convenience stores like his. Kevin has ended his boycott of Vodafone (C-Store, July 11), which drew...
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Easy does it?
Tesco’s Fresh & Easy is its attempt to crack the US market, but will it catch on? Tracy West investigates
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MPs sit on the fence
Retailers have roundly criticised the government’s failure to commit to any of the recommendations listed in the Competition Commission’s final report into the grocery market. In its response to the findings the government said it would await the...
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Fleet of foot
With publishers exploring new routes to market, home newspaper delivery faces a tough future, says Dave Visick
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Retailers are good sports
Nine Leicester c-stores took part in a children’s five-a-side tournament as part of the My Shop is Your Shop community football scheme. Sponsored by Walkers, the tournament capped a week in which teams of youngsters, assembled by their local stores,...
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Mayor offers plan for small stores
London Mayor Boris Johnson has signalled his support for independent retailers with plans to provide ‘affordable’ space for small shops in new developments. The Mayor’s intention is for developers to give a legally binding commitment that they will...