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Comment & Opinion
Peter Marks' very long game
Peter Marks, boss of The Co-operative Group, declared this morning that trading conditions were “the worst” he had seen “in over 40 years of retailing”.
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Comment & Opinion
Balance of power may soon shift in suppliers' favour
The protracted sale of Iceland looks like giving analysts and media commentators lots more opportunities to comment on the space…
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Category Report
Hot 100 Convenience Stores 2011: A first for the industry
No one’s done it before. But now 37,000 of the country’s c-stores – their locations, facilities, competition and customer bases – have been weighed up so we can reveal the UK’s 100 hottest spots for convenience retailing. Nick Hughes reports
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Category Report
Hot 100 Convenience Stores 2011: Top independent is a magnet for passing commuters
Slap bang in the middle of London; spitting distance from two mainline stations; a huge student residence nearby; even a blue plaque to mark its historical significance c-store spots don’t come much hotter than this.
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Category Report
Hot 100 Convenience Stores 2011: Top store has no rivals, just a perfect location
The One Stop in Hampton Hargate, Peterborough, is a lesson in successful store location. A 10-minute drive from the city centre, it is just off a busy junction of the A1, so it’s an ideal pit stop.
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News
Pre-pack keeps Natural Kitchen stores trading
An upmarket slow food store set up by two former Asda bosses has entered a pre-pack administration deal…
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NewsC-store move returns G101 chain to profit
Independent Scottish off-licence chain G101 Off Sales has returned to profit, according to accounts filed at Companies House.
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News
Alpro refreshes its look to appeal to the mainstream
Alpro has been given a multimillion-pound facelift in a bid to return it to double-digit growth…
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News
Vimto range grows with Cherry variant
Vimto aims to build on already strong sales with a new Cherry flavour the first permanent new line in its 101-year history…
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NewsRetailers up prices under cover of VAT
Supermarkets have used the increase in VAT to pass on thousands of price hikes over and above the cost of VAT…
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NewsColony Collapse Disorder and thrifty shoppers hit honey sales
Honey sales are down 5.4%, by volume after six consecutive years of growth [TNS 52w/e 4 October 2009]. Own-label honey led the decline, with sales down 7.4% in volume [IRI 52w/e 31 October 2009].
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NewsNestlé completes Alcon eyecare sale to Novartis
Nestlé has concluded the $28bn sale of its majority stake in eyecare business Alcon to Novartis.