All articles by Gaelle Walker – Page 89
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Costcutter adopts price cut strategy
Costcutter is to ditch multibuy deals in favour of deep-cut price promotions in a dramatic change to its promotional strategy.
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New tobacco laws could close stores
Tough new rules which could see retailers lose the right to sell tobacco for up to one year come into force in April.
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C-stores get a winter boost
C-store owners are celebrating record sales this month after heavy snowfalls followed by torrential rain prompted shoppers to shun the supermarkets and shop locally.
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Target practice
A focused approach to marketing is the way to promote your store, says Binda Tatla.
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S&S looks to invest
Retail group Select & Save is looking for "progressive independent retailers as opposed to shopkeepers" to join its 115-stong store portfolio.
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Retailers dispute job creation claims
Convenience retailers are enraged by the government’s support for aggressive supermarket expansion plans, which they believe will lead to job losses in existing local stores.
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Evolutionary Road
The Patel family were forced to make a drastic change to their business when their post office was shut down. Gaelle Walker went to find out what they did
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Jail for breaking new health laws
Small business owners face up to two years in prison for failing to implement proper health and safety procedures following a legal change imposing severe punishments for breaches.
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Retailers "fair game" for abuse
Shop workers are facing increasing abusive from customers, with an increasing number of members of the public believing that it is acceptable to use threatening behaviour, new research has found.
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Positive views of the new year
Convenience retailers are quietly optimistic about the year to come, despite the gloom enveloping the high street.
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Stores face new hygiene red tape
Convenience store retailers who offer food to go face a substantial increase in red tape when the national Scores on the Door scheme is enforced in food retail premises later this year.
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Post offices face a further threat
Subpostmasters are calling for a programme of government safeguards to protect the network from yet more closures.
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Retailers slam knee-jerk cut in VAT rate
The recent VAT rate cut has landed stores with a re-pricing headache but has not had any impact on customer behaviour, say retailers.
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Grey matter: Can c-stores do more to look after the elderly
The older generation are important customers, but c-stores could be doing even more to look after them, says Gaelle Walker
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C-stores unite to condemn display ban ‘gimmick’
Retailers, trade bodies, and manufacturers have reacted angrily to the news that the government intends to push through a ban on the display of tobacco products, despite extensive opposition and scant evidence that the move would reduce youth smoking.
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Five years to comply with display ban
Convenience retailers have until 2013 to meet the requirements of a ban on the display of tobacco products, introduced part of a government crackdown on youth smoking.
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PM backs ban as tobacco sanction
The government has given its strongest hint yet that it is planning to introduce a 'negative licensing' scheme for tobacco retailers in the New Year.
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Nisa starts year with promotions
Nisa-Today’s is getting back to basics with a robust value- driven campaign beginning in the New Year.
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UK tops league for shoplifting
UK stores suffer bigger losses to retail theft than any other country in Europe, a new report has revealed.
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Ceiling the deal: Store refit
Gaelle Walker hears how the refit Syd Coupland was so against turned out to be the best thing he ever did