All Business Advice articles – Page 10
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Features and analysisSolving the proxy problem
Proxy purchasing isn’t always an easy crime for retailers and staff to tackle. C-Store looks at how store owners can prevent, spot and avoid it.
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Features and analysisFine margins
Operating costs are increasing at an unrelenting pace, leaving retailers with little choice but to boost margins just to stand still. Here C-Store looks at how store owners and their symbol groups are working together to maximise the potential return from every shopping visit.
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Features and analysisBeating hearts
Created by their people for their people, community-owned shops offer a distinctive and increasingly successful retail proposition capitalising on local engagement.
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Features and analysisHalloween gallery
Retailers and their staff have gone to a whole new level to make sure their stores show off their spooky side this Halloween.
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Features and analysisWinter Warmers
Retailers in tourist locations have an advantage when it comes to sales and footfall in the summer months, but what happens when the weather turns and the holiday-makers stay at home? C-Store explores how stores in seasonal areas make the best of the winter season and adapt to changing demands.
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Features and analysisPlan ahead to succeed
Retailers who take time out from the day-to-day running of their business to plan ahead are able to save money and grow sales.
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Features and analysisGet smarter with statistics
More and more retailers are investing in epos, but the majority are failing to use this smart technology to analyse data and save money.
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Features and analysisHey big spender
As Tesco rolls out its latest bargain basement format, Jack’s, there are other retailers who are setting their sights on a more upmarket future.
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Features and analysisLook and learn
Innovative new research has taken a shopper’s eye view to find the most effective displays a retailer can use to create sales in their store.
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Features and analysisC-store & partners
With the food-to-go market booming, partnerships with the likes of Greggs and Subway seem like a sensible move. However, there are retailers electing to go their own way, working with smaller providers to give their store the edge.
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Features and analysisSeating arrangements
From repeat purchases to supplier sampling events, introducing a countertop and a few chairs can boost business in more ways than one
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Features and analysisGeneration V
With the multiples expanding their offer to appeal to those leading a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, the question is should convenience stores follow suit? C-Store explores how retailers can make the most of the meat-free category as it continues to grow in popularity.
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Features and analysisCountry pursuit
Small rural stores haven’t had an easy ride as challenges come at them from all sides. However, many are finding the future looks bright thanks to a strategy of investing in a diverse range of services, offering products that create a point of difference, and engaging with their community.
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Features and analysisA smart way of marketing
Social media marketing is a vital business tool, but many retailers still struggle to win over shoppers online. Here we highlight top web tricks.
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Features and analysisA 'nanny state' c-store
As new figures reveal record highs in childhood obesity and the government questions whether to roll out more red tape around unhealthy products, retailers are questioning whether they are doing enough to promote healthy eating to children.
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Features and analysisBeyond price
The discounters are becoming a force to be reckoned with, stretching the battleground beyond pounds and pence and changing the face of the UK grocery industry along the way. C-Store looks at their route to success and asks whether independent stores can fight back.
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Features and analysisFor your own protection
Robbery is one of the most extreme experiences faced by retailers. C-Store explores how store owners can prepare for the worst.
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Advice GuideMinimum Unit Pricing: what is the verdict?
All eyes are on Scotland as the first UK nation to have adopted Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol. The jury was out ahead of its introduction in May. Now, several months on, what is the verdict from retailers?
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Features and analysisRemote control
Thanks to an increasing number of new technologies, you no longer need to be in-store to run a successful business. Retailers talk about how they use remote retailing to their advantage.
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Features and analysisTutorial: Raising the bar in biscuits
As part of C-Store’s Shop Project, Mondelez International visited five stores with a plan to build biscuit sales and create new opportunities.