All Responsible Retailing articles – Page 7
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Promotional Feature
How retailers can access support for workplace incidents
Without the right support, retailers involved in or witnessing incidents in the workplace could experience significant trauma. One retailer explains how he accessed support for himself and his staff following a workplace incident.
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Products In Depth
Stubbing out the illicit tobacco and vaping trade
How retailers, authorities and suppliers are coming together to stem lost sales
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Features and analysis
Increased minimum age of sale for tobacco and retailer licences proposed to cut smoking rates
A report into smoking in England has suggested measures such as increasing the legal age to buy tobacco, raising duties on the category and introducing sales licences
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Features and analysis
Progress made on underage drinking by Community Alcohol Partnerships
Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP) has reported “substantial reductions” in children’s drinking, anti-social behaviour and underage sales in areas where it has created local partnerships
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Features and analysis
Bestway to extend age verification tech to more stores
This follows the successful trial at three stores in Leeds
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Features and analysis
Trading Standards teams increase illicit tobacco investigations
Blackpool Trading Standards has quadrupled visits to stores to check for illicit tobacco
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Product News
Geek Bar revamps key vape range
The S600 range has been modernised to include a new rectangular shape as well as responsible retailing features
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Features and analysis
Co-op customers trial Age Scan technology at self checkout
The age verification system is being trialled at four stores in Manchester
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Features and analysis
Cost of living crisis could spark illicit tobacco increase
The Local Government Association has warned that under-pressure consumers could turn to illicit tobacco
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Features and analysis
UKVIA urges tougher fines for underage vape sales
The UKVIA wants the minimum fine for underage sales to be increased to £10,000
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Features and analysis
Concerns raised over vaping product regulation proposals in Scotland
Questions have been asked over measures proposed surrounding the display and promotion of vape products in stores
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Features and analysis
Vaping products seized in store raid in Westminster
£100,000-worth of counterfeit and illicit products were seized from a store in Westminster
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Features and analysis
New measures to tighten the sale of knives and corrosive substances introduced
The measures are aimed at online sales of knives and corrosive substances
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Features and analysis
Geek Bar calls on Trading Standards to tackle non-compliant vape products
Vape brand Geek Bar has written to Trading Standards services at local authorities in major UK cities in an effort to raise awareness of the growing issue of non-compliant and counterfeit disposable vape products
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Features and analysis
40 million counterfeit cigarettes seized in Belgian Europol raid
It is believed the cigarettes were destined for the UK and French black markets
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Features and analysis
Geek Bar tackles counterfeit vape sellers on social media
Geek Bar has launched an online campaign aimed at rogue suppliers and producers of non-compliant and counterfeit products
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Features and analysis
Bestway trials age verification technology
The age verification trial will take place in three stores in Leeds
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Features and analysis
Three shops closed in Northumberland due to selling illegal tobacco
Three shops in Ashington that were caught repeatedly selling thousands of pounds worth of illegal tobacco have been ordered to temporarily close by magistrates
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Features and analysis
Prosecutions secured over illicit tobacco sales
Illicit tobacco and cigarettes were seized in two raids on a store in Lincolnshire
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Features and analysis
ACS boosts awareness of Challenge25 scheme
The campaign aims to expand the use of Challenge25 materials in stores and online