Sluggish sales disappoint
Halloween costumes fail to dress up October figures as SRC calls on Scottish budget to put cash into shoppers pockets.
RETAILING in Scotland doesn’t get...
Discounters take 10%
Symbols hold steady but supermarket decline goes on and price deals account for a third of sales.
£1 in every £10 spent in...
New Start for tobacco sales
IMPERIAL Tobacco has begun distributing Start packs to retailers to keep them updated with the latest legislative and tobacco category information.
Sophie Hogg, head of...
The giant c-stores
BRITISH shopping habits are changing and shoppers are increasingly shopping ‘little and often’ for c-store-sized basket loads. But that doesn’t mean they’re always...
£5,000 Green Grant for Scottish C-Stores
Scotland's convenience stores are to be given access to a funding pot of £100,000 to improve their energy efficiency.
The Convenience Store Resource Efficiency Grant...
Rates set to vary
SHOPS of similar size and rateable value in different parts of Scotland could find themselves paying significantly different commercial rates after the country’s local...
Rogue tobacco maintains sales
Latest figures show illicit cigarettes hold up as legitimate sales tumble
CRIMINALS using illicit methods and networks may have sold 4bn cigarettes in the...
One to watch
C-store in West Lothian undergoes full transition to relaunch as One Stop franchise
THE latest One Stop franchise store has opened in West Lothian, following...
Built to succeed
The owner of Day-Today Overtown, one of the first Day-Today Elite stores to be built from scratch, discusses its first months of trading.
THE...
Shopping in the age of impulse
INCREASING numbers of shoppers are kicking the habit of the big weekly shop and pre-prepared shopping lists could also be in decline according to...
Retailer groups slams Camelot support charges
RETAILER representative group the NFRN has criticised National Lottery organiser Camelot’s introduction of new 0844 payable telephone numbers for retailer support services.
The organisation said...
Report says tax sugar goods
PRESSURE to tax food and drinks containing substantial amounts of sugar appears to be rising. The Westminster parliament was petitioned to hold a debate...
We weathered the storm
Turnover in the first six months of the trading year at independent co-operative Scotmid was down £6m on last year. But profit remained almost...
United looks to the north
• Wholesaler reports a £10m rise in turnover in last financial year.
• Reaches 275 Day-Today stores and 150 U-Save stores.
THE managing director of Glasgow-based...
Booker sees profits rise
WHOLESALE and cash & carry giant Booker saw profit before tax rise 10% in the first half of its trading year, despite a decline...
Get ready to play
From loyalty cards to mobile apps and web-based games, digital technology offers many ways to retain customers – what’s the future of loyalty technology?
How...
