News – Page 96
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Features and analysisIBVTA warns of ‘uncertain future’ for vape sector unless action is taken
The Independent British Vape Trade Association has set out five recommendations to tackle key challenges in the vaping sector
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Features and analysisOne Stop expands fresh range
One Stop has carried out its first fresh range reset in two years
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Features and analysisRetail Crime Action Plan looks to tackle shop theft
A new Retail Crime Action Plan has been developed in response to the rise in shop theft
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Features and analysisGroceryAid offers support for new starters in retail
GroceryAid has created a leaflet to help independent retailers inform new starters and existing employees about the charity’s free and confidential support available to them
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Features and analysis30 jobs at risk due to Southern Co-op head office review
Changing market conditions and shopper behaviour has led to the head office review
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Features and analysisRetailers slam police for lack of response to store crimes
Retailers have criticised the police responses to shoplifting as “terrible”.
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Features and analysisMet Police to roll out facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters
The Met Police will use facial recognition technology in a move to crackdown on London’s most prolific retail offenders.
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Features and analysis27% of retailers fail vape test purchases
The data was sourced as part of Trading Standards’ Operation Joseph
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Features and analysis88Vape commits to plain packs to reduce appeal to children
The firm behind the move wants other suppliers to follow suit
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Features and analysisShop theft in England and Wales rises by 25%
Latest data from the Office of National Statistics found that shop theft has increased by 25% over the past year
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Features and analysisGreens Retail appoints Mike Leonard as interim head of retail
Leonard was previously head of retail at Eddy’s Food Station
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Features and analysisRetailers encouraged to ‘become best friends' with their PCCs
Katy Bourne, a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) from Sussex has urged retailers to reach out to their local PCCs
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Features and analysisLaughing gas ban to come into force in November
Those found supplying nitrous oxide could face a sentence of up to 14 years
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Features and analysisParfetts appoints Peter Jones as new GM of its Sheffield depot
Jones has been with Parfetts for seven years and previously at Morrisons for 17 years
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Features and analysis'It's not a numbers game': CJ Lang focuses on quality rather than quantity
The Spar wholesaler is celebrating its fifth year of growth following significant investment
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Features and analysisGreater enforcement needed to tackle illicit vape trade
The Independent British Vape Trade Association has called for better enforcement to tackle the glut of illicit products on the market and under-age sales
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Features and analysis‘Licensing may be the answer to the vape problem'
Retailers believe that a license to sell vapes could be a viable solution to the issue of illicit sales
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Features and analysisTesco employee urges government for new law to protect retail workers
The petition has called on the government to make violence or abuse against retail workers a standalone crimincal offence
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Features and analysisNisa to rebrand 300 stores to Evolution format
The refresh is part of a large rebranding to create “consistency across its estate” and will focus on retailers still using the Store of the Future 1 specification which was removed from the Nisa portfolio in April 2014
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Features and analysis‘Education is key to a successful vape category’: Phoenix 2 Retail
Phoenix 2 Retail’s Chris Kelly discusses the challenges facing the sector and how retailers can remain responsible