All Post Office articles – Page 16
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A tiring year but with rewards
Bambos Charalambous has been debating the merits of taking Booker's Premier fascia in the course of the year, but has finally decided to go it alone.He's going to continue buying from Booker, but will also make trips to the cash and carries. "It...
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Radio tunes into PoP
The level of sales growth for retailers signed up to Newsagents Radio is silencing critics of c-store radio. Elaine Watson reports If the words instore radio' conjure up distressing recollections of the Bee Gees on panpipes and Coronation...
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Single counter for new Combi
Londis and the Post Office will be unveiling the next generation Combi counter at a store in Leyton, east London on November 25. The combination stores use a single counter for both retail and post office operations instead of having a...
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Still rushing around like idiots
Mike and Jane Clarke recently returned from the only holiday they've had so far this year - three days in Torquay. But Mike says the break did them good and made a change from "rushing around like idiots". But it was back to the treadmill on thier...
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Radio lifts sales by 6%
Elaine Watson Stores signed up to Newsagents Radio, the satellite radio station for CTNs and c-stores, have seen an average sales uplift of 6% across the board,new research has revealed. The data, collected by CBI Tele Research from 250...
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Taste of West push rolls out to multiples
Rod Addy Taste of The West is preparing to roll out its local food promotion, launched in 1,500 independents in May, to all major multiples in the West Country. The regional food group said it was in consultation with the major multiples,...
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The British Retail Consortium's latest Shop Price Index show
Sainsbury is set to announce a launch date for its new Nectar joint loyalty card scheme with Barclaycard, Debenhams and BP this month. Camelot has yet to churn any underperforming retailers as its retailer sales improvement programme has fallen…
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Ian Hunt's £19.7m business is the last independent chain of
Aregional trade association for independent retailers has never existed in Wales, unlike Scotland or Northern Ireland, and the substitute a reliable local grapevine has been drying up. But Ian Hunt, managing director of South Glamorgan based...
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a class of their own
n It's the village store with a difference, a big, classy independent that is also at the cutting edge. Helen Gregory visits Jempson's Jempson's must be the envy of many independent retailers a traditional family company with progressive ideas...
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Industry gives a welcome to national ID card plans
Retailers and industry groups have applauded Home Office plans for consultations on the introduction of a national identity card, which could be carried as proof of age. If six months consultation results in approval for an ID card, a Bill could be...
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Sales improvement push lagging admits Camelot
Anne Bruce Camelot is behind schedule with its sales improvement programme for underperforming retailers and is blaming the pressures of relaunch. Commercial director Phil Smith said that only 520 retailers had actually begun the 24-week...
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Heinz will spin off its North American petfoods, StarKist tu
David Lidington has succeeded Peter Ainsworth as Conservative environment, food and rural affairs spokesman. Ainsworth has stepped down because his wife is suffering from cancer. Lidington was appointed shadow minister for agriculture and fisheries...
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Sold to first-timers
The Pitlessie Village Store and Post Office has been sold through Christie & Co to first time buyers from Essex. The business occupies a monopoly position in the village, which was voted Best Kept Village for seven years running. Offers in the...
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Post Office freehold up for sale
The Post Office and store in Woore, near Crewe, Cheshire, is a Grade II listed property fronting the village square. The well established and profitable business has been in the same ownership for 16 years. Post Office salary is approaching...
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Easy ways to turn plastic into a small trader's flexible fri
Do you take credit and debit cards yet? It doesn't take a razor-sharp mind to work out that the small independent retail sector is one of the last bastions of the cash-only transaction. When the average spend is, say, £2.50, then plastic can prove...
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Euronet taken on by Consignia
Consignia is continuing to relax its hardline rules on ATMs at sub post offices with the addition of self-fill cash point provider Euronet to its roster of nominated suppliers. The European self-fill ATM provider now has right of refusal on sites...
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Failure is still at the ports
The Treasury is losing about £4bn a year in tobacco duty revenue and, according to Grocer Club readers, the smuggling problem is as big as it ever was, possibly even bigger. A straw poll conducted this week showed that independent retailers...
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Costcutter eyes other operators as Connex c-store chain take
Exclusive Costcutter plans to work with other railway franchise owners following the launch of its joint Connex convenience store chain this week. Costcutter managing director Colin Graves said: "The Connex project brings a new avenue for...
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Costcutter and Spar circling as thousands of POs face closur
Consignia's plans to close a tranche of unprofitable post offices could prove an opportunity for symbol groups such as Spar and Costcutter, said bosses at the two chains. Consignia is assessing the viability of about 9,000 post offices in urban...
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Connex seals partnership
French rail operator Connex has finalised details of a retail partnership which will launch 42 co-branded concourse c-stores. E-Connex md Olivier Jenoc said the concept would launch under a Connex with...' fascia at Connex South East's Gillingham...