All Independents articles – Page 12
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News
One Stop to take franchise format to Scotland
One Stop is taking its new franchise format into Scotland for the first time, John Miller head of franchise operations, has revealed.
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Celebrate an Independent Christmas campaign to launch this week
An independent sector mover and shaker has urged high street shops to take more responsibility for generating and maintaining footfall and has called for greater inter-business co-operation.
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Analysis and Features
Woes in food retail extend beyond the supermarkets
Shoppers’ changing habits have hit the wider food retail sector Tesco will dominate the headlines tomorrow, but the beleaguered retailer is not the only UK food and drink firm suffering in the current market. One of the more notable findings of a report on the financial health ...
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Analysis and Features
How independents can make more money from the wine fixture
Wine is daunting to a lot of shoppers. And supermarket deals are hard to compete with if you don’t know what you’re doing…
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Comment and Opinion
High streets on a knife edge
The threat facing our high street shops remains as clear and present as it was before Mary Portas’ intervention
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News
Winemark's full-year pre-tax profits plunge 75%
Winemark has reported a 75% slump in full-year pre-tax profits…
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Analysis and Features
Beacon technology's shopper marketing potential for indies
Beacons are the hottest retail technology on the block, allowing brands and retailers to ping offers straight to smartphon…
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Analysis and Features
How independent retailers can make money from Post Offices
While the traditional post office is in decline, c-stores can benefit thanks to new ‘Local’ and ‘main’ formats…
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News
Adnams Ghost Ship named best independent canned beer
Adnams Ghost Ship has been named the UK’s best independent canned beer.
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Comment and Opinion
Simon Gray's Boost is an fmcg hit without mult listings
Can you build a successful fmcg brand without doing business with the mults?…
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Comment and Opinion
Click & collect need not be costly for independent retailers
Click & collect is truly here to stay. The freedom it has given customers is something they don’t want taken away…
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News
Budgens operator Kavanagh Retailing reports 144% profit hike
Kavanagh Retailing UK has posted full-year pre-tax profits up 144%
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Analysis and Features
Eat 17 creates artisan Spar store in East London
The Eat 17 team took a derelict cinema and turned it into a combination of regular Spar store and foodie burger bar…
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Analysis and Features
Craft beer shops: the new-wave offie?
Can the booming interest in craft beer generate enough business to create a new off-licence sector?…
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Comment and Opinion
Independent retailers are as responsible as the multiples
There has been a great deal of use, particularly by government, of the term ‘responsibility’ recently…
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News
Booths doubles spend for free newspaper offer to £10
Booths has doubled the minimum spend for its free newspaper offer and restricted it to weekend papers only…
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Retailers could lose out under Riot Act reform, warns ACS
Small retailers hit in future by riots such as those that took place in the summer of 2011 may lose out on compensation if their turnover is too high, the ACS has warned.
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News
Hancocks cuts Vidal Giant Cable sweets price to boost margins
Hancocks has driven down the price of Vidal Giant Cables to give retailers a 79% margin…
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News
Federation of Small Businesses shifts position on bag charges
The Federation of Small Businesses made a u-turn this week on its call for small businesses to be excluded from carrier ba…
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Comment and Opinion
Crime against independents is not taken seriously
I have previously written of the success achieved in crime fighting in wholesale with our alert and intelligence initiativ…