All articles by David Rees – Page 32
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NewsLondon c-stores back Change4Life
Eight c-stores in London have revamped their fruit & veg offer in line with the government's Change4Life branding, and backed it up by building stronger links with local primary schools. The stores, four from the Sunstar Group and...
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BlogEditor’s comment: Fresh thinking
Fresh thinking
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NewsCamelot ready to push the button on extra services
Camelot says it could deliver its bill payment and phone top-up service to independent retailers "within weeks" if the National Lottery Commission (NLC) gives it the go-ahead later this month. The NLC is expected to announce its final...
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Bestway celebrates 35th birthday with "biggest" promotion
Bestway is launching its biggest ever promotion to celebrate 35 years in the business.
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News
Booker trials home shopping at Premier
Booker is trialling a web-based home shopping service at Premier-branded independent stores. The new service, called Premierdelivered.co.uk, allows consumers to shop the store via the internet and select a one-hour time slot for goods to...
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News
Have your say on how to get a fairer deal
The ACS has commissioned a study to generate key policy suggestions for the government to help secure the future of small retailers, and to determine whether the current competition regime has failed the grocery sector by allowing excessive supermarket development.
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Blog
Editor’s comment: Friendly neighbourhoods
As I write this last comment piece of the year for C-Store there is still snow on the ground, and any year that has been topped and tailed by heavy snowfall, as this one has, could be counted as a good one for local shops.
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Product News
Budgens back on TV for Christmas
Budgens is back on TV for the first time in nearly a decade with a new advertising campaign aimed at the Christmas market.
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NewsSales assistant 2010 defies age barrier
Age is no barrier to doing a great job, as 79-year-old Elaine Leaney, Sales Assistant of the Year 2010, shows.
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Blog
Editor’s comment: Is plain packaging a good idea?
Editor David Rees discusses the ramifications of the potential introduction of plain packaging for tobacco products. And where does the blame lie for drink-related anti-social behaviour?
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News
Supermarket alcohol first stop for partygoers
New research has highlighted just how much supermarket alcohol appeals to young adult drinkers.
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Blog
Editor’s comment: The village and the idiots
Localism is all very well in theory, but local businesses will still need to be protected, argues David Rees
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Blog
Editor’s comment: Cut crime, not budgets; Cider rules
The new government's spending review is the great debate of the day, and with good reason. With £80bn to be cut from government spending across four years, it's not just those who work in the public sector who will feel it. One way or another, it will affect us all...
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Blog
Editor’s comment: Costcutter verses Nisa-Today; Launch of Convenience Retail Awards
War! What is it good for? After the drama of a fortnight ago, I'm happy to publish the other side of the story about the ongoing spat between Costcutter and Nisa-Today's, its distribution partner but symbol group competitor.
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News
New Nisa/Costcutter deal is on the table
Nisa-Today's chief executive Neil Turton has urged Costcutter to sign an extension to the company's partnership contract, but insisted that the distributor can comfortably survive were Costcutter to leave the organisation when the current deal ends in 2014
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Costcutter’s Graves slams Nisa tactics
Costcutter's executive chairman Colin Graves has resigned from the board of Nisa-Today's and slammed the organisation for actively trying to recruit Costcutter members to the Nisa symbol group.
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Opinion
A full house in convenience
David Rees says Morrison's move into convenience is just another shark in the tank
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Opinion
Training for efficiency
Convenience Store's editor David Rees says a new training initiative gives retailers a cost-effective opportunity to make thier most of their staff
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News
New course offers indies on-the-job training
The relaunched Retail Academy promises practical learning for independents
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News
Your ‘last chance’ to stop display ban
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is campaigning to get as many retailers as possible lobbying the government to overturn the tobacco display ban. Postcards urging the government to scrap the ban have been sent to cash and...