All Independents articles – Page 17
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Analysis and Features
Up in smoke: can indies save cig sales?
Booker claimed the introduction of the supermarket tobacco display ban would help yield a £1bn sales boost for smaller stores this year.
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Comment and Opinion
There's more to life than Booker
For many years, and under different regimes, independent wholesalers traded against a market leader…
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Analysis and Features
Brothers reap rewards of innovative local schemes
They are the next generation of retailers who are shaking up the convenience sector with their trailblazing ideas.
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News
Prisk 'not buying' ACS Sunday trading sums
Business and enterprise minister Mark Prisk has given short shrift to arguments that extending Sunday trading laws during the Olympic Games would cost independent retailers £480m.
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Comment and Opinion
Is the end of impulse nigh?
For many years wholesalers and independent retailers have been told the saviour of independent retailing was going to be impulse purchases.
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Comment and Opinion
A Scottish FSA is a daft idea
The Scudamore report was published this week, reviewing what should happen to food standards in Scotland as a result of changes made to the FSA in England.
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Comment and Opinion
Preparation is key to empire building
The economy hasn’t stopped the mults from opening new stores - why should indies be different?
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Analysis and Features
Top 50 Independents: In the driving seat
As the Top 50 independents mark a solid year, MBOs are increasingly in vogue, with Iceland’s Malcolm Walker setting the pace as he looks to take control.
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Comment and Opinion
It takes more than a straw boater
I enjoyed reading the 150th anniversary commemorative issue of The Grocer. It was great to look back at the key headlines and events of the past 15 decades in the grocery industry.
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News
OFT: ‘Nothing to gain from fresh newstrade probe’
The Office of Trading will not carry out a review of the newspaper and magazine distribution sector.
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Comment and Opinion
Get cooking with social TV
“I finally cracked it.” These were some of the last words of the late, great Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
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News
Indies upbeat despite 46% posting sales falls
A staggering 46% of small shop owners have reported a downturn in sales over the past three months.
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Comment and Opinion
Sell your award-winning credentials
With awards season nearly here, now’s the time to enter. It’s not just the winners that stand to benefit.
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News
Newsagents sign up to Localink plan
Localink, the direct debit service designed to help newsagents struggling to finance their paper rounds, is generating “many thousands” of direct debit collections each month.
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News
Ongoing strike hits Jet retailers' fuel supplies
Independent retailers operating under the Jet fascia are struggling to source fuel because of a long-running strike by tanker drivers over pay and conditions.
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News
Independent caterers team up in bid to improvethatprice.com
Three independent caterers have launched the first price comparison site for the catering industry after becoming frustrated in their efforts to compare suppliers’ offerings.
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Comment and Opinion
Time's up for pack differentiation
The level of independents buying from multiples this Christmas increased by an order of magnitude, encouraged by a very evident relaxation of any quantity restrictions in many stores.
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News
Persil offer kicks off Premier Mega Deals
Booker’s symbol fascia Premier has launched ‘Mega Deal’ to help indies lure shoppers away from the mults.
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Analysis and Features
Sovereigns, sport and cigs
The Olympics, Euro 2012, the Jubilee and the supermarket tobacco display ban could lead to a more than £1bn windfall for independents.
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Comment and Opinion
Display ban isn't only area to exploit
Yes, it’s going to be a difficult year, but for indies there are also major opportunities to be grasped