All articles by Gaelle Walker – Page 19
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PayPoint launches Amazon Prime Day promotion
With Amazon Prime Day now in full swing, PayPoint is offering customers the opportunity to get free cash for first-time users of the Amazon Top Up service.
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Morrisons is latest retailer to trial reverse vending scheme
Morrisons is trialling a plastic bottle recycling scheme in two of its stores as it seeks to tackle plastic pollution, following the leads of Iceland the the Co-op Group.
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JTI continues to punish rogue traders with gantry removals
A tobacco retailer has been handed a suspended jail sentence, fined, and had his gantry ripped out by JTI, after he was found guilty of selling illicit tobacco.
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Brands overshadowed by growing success of own label
Own label products are continuing to take a larger and larger bite out of the UK grocery sector, as the price of branded goods continues to rise as the quality and premium credentials of own label goods grows, according to analysts IRI.
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Illicit tobacco retailer to pay £61,000 or face further jail time
A retailer, jailed for concealing a vast haul of illicit tobacco in a number of secret caches throughout his Wolverhampton store, has been ordered to pay back £61,000 or face another year behind bars.
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PayPoint forges partnership with digital banking service
PayPoint has signed a deal with the UK digital banking service Tide that will enable its small business customers to deposit cash directly into their Tide accounts at any of PayPoint’s 29,000 retailers nationwide.
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Knowledge key to driving vaping sales, research suggests
Retailers who invest in improving their vaping industry knowledge and product range could rack up double-digit sales growth in 2018, new research suggests.
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Stores enjoy winning World Cup and warm weather sales
Convenience store sales across the country are being kicked into double digit growth thanks to the Fifa World Cup and warm summer weather.
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Ministers to consult on confectionery display controls
The government will soon launch an official consultation on banning stores from displaying confectionery and other “unhealthy” foods at till points, aisle ends and store entrances, as part of its updated Childhood Obesity Plan.
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Illicit tobacco campaign generates hundreds of tip offs
Hundreds of people have come forward with illicit tobacco tip offs since the launch of a new local authority-funded campaign in the North East of England.
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Scotland mulls limiting number of tobacco retailers
Plans to restrict the number of stores selling tobacco in “deprived communities” and areas with high smoking rates are being mooted by the Scottish government.
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Northern Irish retailers voice Brexit fears over illicit tobacco
Tackling the growing scourge of cross-border tobacco smuggling must remain a priority during the ongoing Brexit negotiations, retailers claim.
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Businesses offered funding to tackle plastic waste
Businesses are being invited to apply for a share of £4m to fund plastic waste reduction projects.
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Chilled is the new cool
The days when a c-store’s chilled range consisted of only bacon and milk are over as premium ready meals and food to go muscle in
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Illicit tobacco sales continue to climb year on year
UK sales of illicit tobacco have continued to grow in the past year, new HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show.
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Warm weather and Royal Wedding boost May retail sales
Warm weather and Royal Wedding celebrations united to create a sunny spell of sales for retailers in May, new data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) suggests.
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Costcutter rolls out updated ordering platform for retailers
Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) has rolled out its latest ordering platform upgrade, designed to help retailers operate more efficiently.
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JTI toughens up youth access prevention scheme
JTI is re-launching its underage sales prevention programme with tough new consequences for stores which repeatedly fail to demonstrate responsible retailing practices.
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Store owner jailed for series of illicit tobacco hauls
A convenience store owner has been jailed for nine months after illicit tobacco was discovered in his store during five separate raids over the last 18 months.
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Lincolnshire Co-op unveils battalion of charitable support
The Lincolnshire Co-op has teamed up with local producers in a fundraising drive for the Royal British Legion and the RAF Benevolent Fund.