All articles by Gaelle Walker – Page 84
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Product News
Retailers urged to blow the whistle on illicit traders
A responsible store owner is urging his fellow retailers to report illicit tobacco traders to the authorities, after his tip-off led to the prosecution of a black market operation in his area
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Retailers tell MPs: fix the economy
Retailers are urging party leaders to focus on the key priority of healing the UK’s economy rather than being side-tracked by party political issues in the first hung parliament for a generation
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Features and analysis
meat eaters choose the veggie substitutes
More meat-eaters are dipping into vegetarian substitutes in a bid to be healthier. Gaelle Walker reports
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Display ban fight is taken to the courts
Manufacturers and retailers launch a legal challenge to the display ban The government is under strong pressure to postpone the implementation of the tobacco display ban in England after all three of the UK's largest...
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llicit tobacco trade booms in Ireland
The trade in illicit tobacco has reached new heights in the Republic of Ireland, creating more problems for the nation's recession-hit independent retailers.
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Tobacco display fight to go to the courts
Manufacturers and retailers have launched a legal challenge to the tobacco display ban reguations
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Pump prices fuel a local opportunity
Price increases could boost neighbourhood retailers, despite rising costs. Prices at the pumps have hit a record average of £1.20 a litre, and industry experts have warned that the price could rocket to £1.50 this summer.
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Doctors’ plans put pressure on stores
A new report by one of the UK's most influential health lobby groups has angered tobacco retailers by proposing radical control strategies which could force them out of the market. The report by the Royal College of Physicians...
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Planning for Easter sets the tills ringing
It was a happy Easter weekend for convenience retailers who reported excellent sales over the four-day break.
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Pump prices fuel an opportunity for local shops
Highest-ever fuel prices could increase distribution costs but also boost footfall, retailers say.
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Doctors’ plans for tobacco point the finger at stores
A new report by one of the UK’s most influential health lobby groups has angered tobacco retailers by proposing radical control strategies which could force them out of the market.
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Product News
Change4Life heads to the South West
Convenience stores in the South West and Midlands are being encouraged to get involved with the government's Change4Life healthier eating scheme after it was rolled out across the regions last month.
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Budget offers little aid for small shops
The needs of the small store industry were given little consideration in last week's Budget, the last of the current parliament. With just over a month to go before the General Election, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced another round...
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Product News
Functional food: The race for life
People are living longer and better, but it’s not just beans they’re full of, says Gaelle Walker. The functional food market is entering new territory
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Darling’s chance to help small stores
Support on duty, business rates, the National Minimum Wage and VAT are top of local retailers' demands as next week's Budget gives Chancellor Alistair Darling a chance to impress the sector before the General Election.
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Display rules are a ‘ludicrous’ burden
Store staff will have to check the age of customers before letting them see a packet of cigarettes or else face prosecution under the tobacco display regulations. A new offence of displaying tobacco to a person under the age of 18 will...
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Display rules are a ‘ludicrous’ burden
Store staff will have to check the age of customers before letting them see a packet of cigarettes – or else face prosecution under the tobacco display regulations.
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Budget 2010: Darling’s chance to help small stores
The Budget provides an opportunity to win over retailers before the election
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Pricemarks key to building up trust
Pricemarked products are helping independent retailers to win the trust of younger and more price-conscious shoppers who have lost faith in supermarket pricing.
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A little ray of light on a dark market
Small store lobby groups are claiming a limited victory after the Department of Health (DoH) announced amendments to the tobacco display ban regulations which will reduce the practical difficulties and implementation costs of the ban. A...