All Independents articles – Page 13
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Analysis and Features
Barbecue, seasonal and outdoor goods: sales tips for independents
Outdoor goods are seasonal and bulky, but can deliver high margins…
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News
Brakes building third multi-temperature depot in Glasgow
Brakes has unveiled plans to open a new depot in Glasgow…
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Analysis and Features
Cash machines can be a cash cow
Some independents refuse to install ATMs. New research suggests they could be missing a trick…
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News
Marston's Czech beer Krusovice to enter off-trade
Marston’s is set to roll out premium Czech beer Krusovice to the UK off-trade over the summer…
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News
Company Shop joins elite LSE scheme for small businesses
Company Shop, one of the UK’s largest redistributors of surplus food, has won a place on a London Stock Exchange scheme to help small businesses.
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Analysis and Features
A cut above the rest - five innovative butchers
High-street butchers suffered as customers flocked to the mults, but now some are reinventing the traditional format…
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News
NFRN goes to Trading Standards over Waitrose newspaper promotion
The NFRN has gone to Trading Standards over a Waitrose promotion that offers a free newspaper if more than £5 is spent…
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Analysis and Features
The Top 50 Independent Grocery Retailers 2014 ranking
Independent grocery operators are continuing to battle against the multiples and the growth of hard discounters, but the sector is shrinking fast…
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News
Business rates not fit for purpose, BIS committee finds
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee of MPs has called for reform of the business rate system – and asks stern questions around Portas Pilot funding.
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News
Retailers offered help to tackle violence and abuse
Shop staff endured 25,000 instances of abuse or aggressive behaviour and 11,000 instances of violence last year, according to a new report from the British Retail Consortium.
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News
Regional Farm Shop & Deli Award winners revealed
WRBM has announced the regional winners of the 2014 Farm Shop & Deli Awards…
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News
Spar reaps benefits of £5m ad campaign
Spar’s £5m multimedia campaign has increased basket spend by 4% since its first TV ad in four years rolled out in October.
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News
High-street vacancy rates fall but north-south divide grows
Vacancy rates on the UK high street have fallen to their lowest level in four years, according to new figures published today.
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News
Nisa to open Northern Ireland office following Food Force bid
Nisa is to open its own office in Northern Ireland following a failed takeover attempt of Food Force Ireland…
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News
Indie fury as Coke 1.75l bottle format goes into supermarkets
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ decision to make 1.75-litre its standard large-format bottle across all channels has been blasted…
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News
Nisa takes over University of York Costcutters
Nisa has entered the college retail sector after securing the University of York as a new member…
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News
Jonathan James sells Soham Budgens to Asda
High-profile indie Jonathan James has sold his 7,000 sq ft Budgens store in Soham, Cambridgeshire, to Asda….
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Profiles and QandAs
Symbol group switching - the why and how
What factors should indies consider when deciding which symbol group to join?…
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Analysis and Features
Switching fascias: is it worth the effort?
Retailers who switched symbol groups claim the move boosted profits and sales. So why aren’t more doing it?…
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Analysis and Features
Community shop: Doing things differently in Barnsley
If Community Shop doesn’t look like a supermarket from the outside, it makes up for it once you get through the doors…