News – Page 269

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    Advice Guide

    Transform Your Patch

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Best-One Isleworth owners Chan and Alkesh Gadher have used their Transform Your Patch prize money to breathe new life into a local crèche.

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    Know your plaice

    2012-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Fish isn’t as slippery as you might think, says Gaelle Walker. Get a good grip and your sales could leap

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    A class act

    2012-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Getting involved with your local schools can benefit the community and set you up for a sutainable future.

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    Face value

    2012-09-11T16:58:00Z

    The key to driving sales in store is as much about the perception of a value-added offering as it is about what you sell.

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    Outside the box

    2012-08-15T00:00:00Z

    Using the sales space on your store’s exterior could vastly increase both footfall and sales. Sarah Britton reports

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    Advice Guide

    NCS Community Fund

    2012-08-01T07:00:00Z

    Thanks to an initiative launched at this year’s National Convenience Show, some lucky retailers received financial help to plan community get-togethers.

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    Get motivated!

    2012-08-01T00:30:00Z

    Struggling to motivate your team? You’re not alone. Aidan Fortune speaks to leading retailers on how to get the best from your staff.

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    Post Office changes

    2012-07-26T09:41:00Z

    Neil Ennis talks exclusively to C-Store about the Network Transformation Programme and what the Post Office has learned from the pilot scheme.

  • TYP Winner Chan Gadher
    Advice Guide

    Transform your patch

    2012-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Top retailers were awarded for their community work at a lunch held for finalists of Convenience Store and Britvic’s community retailing competition

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    Business plans

    2012-06-20T14:55:00Z

    Successful independent retailers are using business plans to ensure they have the future of their stores mapped out

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    Fresh outlook

    2012-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Aidan Fortune looks at the how the fresh fruit and veg category has grown and how retailers can capitalise on it.

  • Retailer vans
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    A van for all reasons

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    With delivery services being offered in increasing numbers to retailers, has the retailer van had its day? Not likely…

  • basket spend
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    Get it covered

    2012-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Want to boost basket spend? Aidan Fortune looks at the in-store services that give shoppers the complete package

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    Lighting up sales

    2012-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Tobacco is the best performing category in convenience stores and is predicted to remain so for the coming year.

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    Get up and grow

    2012-04-24T00:00:00Z

    In a new project, C-Store is following Londis retailer Sunder Sandher on his journey in opening a second store.

  • Live@TheCounter
    Features and analysis

    NCS 2012: Review

    2012-04-16T16:23:00Z

    The NCS returned to Birmingham NEC at the end of March, providing food for thought and inspiration

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    Don't bank on it!

    2012-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Aidan Fortune examines how open banks are to lending to small businesses

  • How to get to know MPs
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    Win their vote

    2012-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Never underestimate the value of friends in high places, says Robin Mannering. Here’s how to get your MP’s attention

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    Outside the box

    2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

    How can you ensure your message gets out to the local community? Gaelle Walker has some inspiring marketing ideas.

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    Boost business with epos

    2012-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Can you afford to ignore a potential 3% boost to your profit?