All Independents articles – Page 17
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Analysis & FeaturesGreen shoots of recovery: how a Yorkshire village saved its shop
It wasn’t long ago that independent greengrocers looked dead and buried.
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Analysis & FeaturesAre Post Office Locals a panacea for indies?
The Post Office Local pilot is over. Now the Post Office wants to enlist 2,000 retailers in the rollout.
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NewsTesco and independents 'must improve' food hygiene
Tesco has been awarded the lowest food hygiene score of the major multiples in a new report by The Grocer - but independents fared far worse.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhich stores struck gold during the Olympics?
Pitched as a great opportunity for retail, many say the Olympics has failed to deliver. We asked our masterclass how they’ve handled the Games…
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Analysis & FeaturesNew-look stores: Not just a pretty fascia
Convenience retail has embarked on a massive transformation. The number of retailers unveiling shiny new fascias…
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter the party: how local retailers saw the Olympics
How did shopkeepers local to London 2012’s venues experience the Games? The Grocer’s survey reveals the true impact on trade.
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NewsShutter restrictions to stay despite riots of 2011
The government has rejected a proposal to cut planning restrictions on shop security shutters a year after the riots.
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Comment & Opinion
A wake-up call for bread?
There appears to be a growing move mainly in the non-food retail arena for retailers to look to consignment…
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Analysis & FeaturesUp 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 & 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 & FeaturesBrothers 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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NewsPrisk '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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & FeaturesTop 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 & 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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NewsOFT: ‘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 & 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.