All Independents articles – Page 8
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NewsConvenience store crime cost £232m in 2016, says ACS
Violence, shoplifting, fraud, burglary and staff theft cost each convenience retailer an estimated £4,600 on average last
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NewsJames Convenience Retail puts 10 Supernews sites on market
JCR owner Jonathan James acquired the sites when he bought Rippleglen parent company First Stop News in March last year
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Comment & OpinionIceland’s Malcolm Walker celebrates independent retail spirit
The yearly celebration that is The Grocer Annual Lunch saw representatives from the UK’s Big 30 wholesalers and the Top 50 independent retailers come together to reflect on the past year and plan for the future
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Comment & OpinionCrumbs from Tesco's table?
The idea that an independent would be prepared to act as an unpaid labourer for Tesco is unforgivably insulting
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NewsFarm Shop & Deli Awards announces finalists in 13 categories
Awards celebrate specialist independent retail market and include a new category for 2017: Best Newcomer
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Analysis & FeaturesIndies split over impact of Tesco-Booker merger plan
The independent trade is split down the middle on the merits of the shock £3.7bn Tesco-Booker merger
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NewsJempson's plans multimillion-pound refurbishment of Rye store
The new store will also incorporate the town’s Post Office
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NewsNew push against illicit tobacco launched by NFRN and Imperial
Fifty thousand anti-illicit trade kits branded with Imperial’s Suspect it? Report it! campaign are being distributed
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NewsToday's Group unveils NPD scorecard to rate potential success
New products will be judged on factors including packaging, price and marketing
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NewsBestway revamps category management offer for indies
New programme includes category advice, planograms, must-stock lines and sales insight
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Analysis & FeaturesCan digital save the high street?
Instead of killing off the high street, digital marketing is now being proclaimed as its saviour
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NewsIndependent retailer fury over Daily Mail digital marketing
The NFRN described the delivery performance of the Daily Mail as ’lamentable’
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NewsLia Rutter opens second Bargain Booze outlet in Macclesfield
Rutter has secured investment from Royal Bank of Scotland to open the store
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NewsMorrisons revives Safeway brand and trials Rontec food offer
The Safeway brand will be used on a range for independent retailers
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NewsPRS for Music tariff changes 'will squeeze smaller stores'
The ACS says the changes will cost convenience retailers £1.26m more each year…
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NewsMore independent retailers happy with their symbol groups
Two-thirds (67%) told Him Shopper Research & Consulting they “felt like a valued customer of their symbol group”
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NewsScottish Grocers Federation teams up with Awaz FM
Glasgow-based radio station hosted a live two-hour phone-in with SGF chief executive Pete Cheema and past president Abdul
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Analysis & FeaturesASH sets out to wean indies off their reliance on tobacco
The group claims indies could make more money if they cut down on tobacco to focus on more profitable lines. Does it have a point?
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NewsSupermarket c-stores rated higher than indies for food to go
Larger players scored better on health, value and quality of options
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NewsBestway: 'indies hiking tobacco in absence of PMPs'
Just 20% of independents are sticking to the manufacturers’ rsp following the introduction of new plain packaging rules