Your Business – Page 19
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Met 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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27% of retailers fail vape test purchases
The data was sourced as part of Trading Standards’ Operation Joseph
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88Vape commits to plain packs to reduce appeal to children
The firm behind the move wants other suppliers to follow suit
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Shop 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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Greens Retail appoints Mike Leonard as interim head of retail
Leonard was previously head of retail at Eddy’s Food Station
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Retailers 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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Laughing 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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Parfetts 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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'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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Greater 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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‘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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Tesco 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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Nisa 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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‘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
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Store fined over £6000 for rat infestation
A retailer in Coventry has been fined after rat and mouse activity was discovered on the premises
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Tout’s Cleeve wins Forecourt Trader of the Year 2023
Tout’s Cleeve was the outright winner at last night’s Forecourt Trader of the Year awards ceremony, beating a record number of entries to take top honours at the retail fuel industry’s most prestigious competition
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Investment in technology remains priority for forecourt retailers
Forecourt retailers are continuing to invest in various customer services and technologies, according to a new ACS report
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UK’s first PASS-approved digital ID card is set to be trialled in c-stores
The card can be accessed via a smartphone and used to verify age-related sales
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C-stores in Scotland invest £62m in their businesses
The Scottish Local Shop Report 2023 highlights the importance of the convenience sector in Scotland
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Snappy Shopper teams up with Centra to launch home delivery app
Centra Go will enable customers to order a range of products remotely