All News articles – Page 469
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Natural winners
Spending on organic products is expected to soar by 50% over the next five years, reaching £3bn by 2012, according to a report from food and grocery expert IGD.
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Staff training pays off for Nisa retailer
Independent retailer Kishor Patel is urging fellow retailers to invest in staff training, having seen the benefits of sending more than half of his employees through retail skills courses.
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Distraction robbers net £7,000 haul
An Oxfordshire store owner was the victim of daylight robbery when thieves used cunning distraction techniques to steal £7,000-worth of cigarettes from his stock room.
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Insurance delays add to misery of flooding
One month after the floods that devastated parts of England and Wales finally drained away, many retailers across the country are still far from being home and dry.
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Fresh help to add sales
Retailers in the West Midlands town of Sandwell hope to benefit from increased sales thanks to an innovative new scheme to get shoppers buying more fresh produce.
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Arsonists strike again in London
Police are hunting two men after a string of arson attacks on stores in the Archway area of London.
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Local authority
Customers can get more than their groceries at The Shop on the Corner in the Surrey village of Langley Vale
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Business banking worries FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has attacked a provisional decision by the Competition Commission to lift price controls on the big four business banks.
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Botterills buys Edgar's seven Scottish stores
Botterills Convenience Stores (BCS) is to expand into south-west Scotland with the acquisition of the D&M Edgar Group's seven stores.
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BRC withdraws from newstrade group
Attempts to reform the supply chain for newspapers and magazines face a setback with the news that the British Retail Consortium (BRC) is withdrawing from the Joint Industry Group (JIG).
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Cabinet reshuffle
If your files are groaning under the weight of ancient paperwork, it could mean you're breaching the Data Protection Act. Anna West explains what is and isn't safe to keep
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Lobby group calls for retail regulator
A coalition of high-profile organisations have joined forces to call for the creation of a supermarket watchdog to address the threat to small shops and protect suppliers from exploitation.
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Sector's charities sign up to coalition
Three retail trade charities have pledged their support to a UK charitable coalition group.
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Counterfeit gangs target small stores
Criminal gangs are openly trying to flood small shops in Leicester with potentially poisonous cigarettes.
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Fury at ''dodgy off licence" jibe
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has hit out at home secretary Jacqui Smith after she blamed "dodgy off licences" for the nation's problem with underage drinking.
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Field to fork
As more and more shoppers express concern about how far their food has travelled, demand for local produce is rising
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Figures show need for strict ID policy
New research from The Information Centre reveals that 65% of under-16s who smoke cited shops as their main source of supply.
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Smoking gun
With less than a month to go before the government raises the age for buying tobacco, Gaelle Walker finds out how retailers are preparing