All News articles – Page 463
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Lighter touch
Every January brings a rush for low-fat, low-calorie products, but healthy alternatives have become a year-round must-stock
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TSO gets taste of Challenge 21
A trading standards officer (TSO) has accepted a store chain's challenge to work behind the counter and enforce a Challenge 21 policy.
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Action on proxy purchasers
Adults who purchase cigarettes for those underage could soon face stiff penalties if new sanctions recently debated in Parliament come into force.
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AGM votes for a more united Nisa
Nisa-Today's members have spoken of the need to move forward after the election of several new member directors at the group's AGM.
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Festive crime wave ahead
Retailers should be bracing themselves for a surge in crime as new research by Checkpoint Systems predicts that £431.2m-worth of stock will be stolen in the run up to Christmas.
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Selling below cost is an unfair fact of life
Malcolm Thomas was ticked off to see that the Threshers next door had recently changed introduced newspapers which it is selling at half price.
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Underage sales blitz under way
Retailers are being warned to be extra vigilant when selling alcohol over Christmas as the government launches a new test-purchasing scheme.
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Bold raid stuns retailer
A Costcutter retailer has spoken of his amazement at the brazen attitude of a ram-raid gang who launched a shocking attack on his store.
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Boos for a Booze Busters store sign
Martin McColl has encountered the wrath of residents in the North Somerset town of Portishead after erecting a large Booze Busters sign over its new highstreet store.
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More cash for training
The government has announced it is doubling funding for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC)'s Train to Grain skills brokerage service.
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Timetable set for NMW rate changes
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) will inform the government of its recommendations for changes to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in February, ahead of the government's announcement in March 2008.
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Community spirit wins recognition
Dennis and Linda Williams of Broadway Convenience Store in Oxgangs, Edinburgh, were chosen as the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' My Shop Is Your Shop Gold Medal Retailers of 2007 at a gala dinner at London's Café Royal.
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Small stores fight corner to the last
As Convenience Store went to press, independent store representatives were preparing to meet with the Competition Commission (CC) in a last-ditch effort to influence the findings of its Grocery Market Inquiry.
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Crisis meeting tackles gangs
A Costcutter store which suffered months of trouble from local youths has fought back with the help of the local authority and the police.
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Future of independents hangs on 'flawed' data
The Competition Commission has received a series of warnings that the dataset used as a basis for many of its preliminary findings may be misleading.
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Tobacco displays next in the firing line
Retailers are facing further regulation of their tobacco sales, including restrictions on cigarette displays, under new plans revealed by the government.
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Weird & Wonderful
Gaelle Walker reports on five stores in some very unusual places, from a remote island to a submarine base
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Retailers rubbish on-the-spot fines
An independent retailer and serving magistrate has criticised the issuing of on-the-spot fines for shoplifters because he says most offenders simply tell the courts they can't afford to pay.