Steve Rodell, managing director – retail & leisue at Christie & Co, sits at a desk.

Investors keen on convenience, says Christie & Co

Christie & Co has predicted that investors will remain keen on convenience and forecourt locations as sites evolve to match consumer demand.
Over a third (35%) of UK consumers have used click-and-collect services in the past year.Over a third (35%) of UK consumers have used click-and-collect services in the past year.

Future shopping on Easy Street

WHAT do the expert crystal ball gazers and consumer insight gurus expect to be the big trends in 2015 and will they have an...

A spotlight on off-sales

Report makes tough recommendations A Scottish Government funded charity has made noises in favour of a clamp down on licences for convenience retailers in the...

Recruitment blitz at Nisa

NISA Retail celebrated a succesful year of recruitment at its Nisa Expo virtual conference event held last month.

Biscuit firms boxing clever

Boxed biscuits have long been marketed as festive gifts and giant brand McVitie’s has updated its festive boxes and tins for 2016. McVitie’s Snowglobe Tin...
John Swinney at the SGF hustings

Scottish retail leaders welcome freeze on business rates

Convenience channel leaders have welcomed the Scottish Government’s 2023-24 budget moves to keep financial pressures off businesses.
A whisky cask with the Saltire Rare Malt Whisky brand on the top of the lid with a bottle of whisky and nosing glasses in the foreground of the image.

Saltire whisky spreads out around the world

Fife-based independent whisky bottler Saltire Rare Malt is set to expand further in the global market with its new senior team members.
Promotional image of competition between PepsiCo and Bestway offering retailers the chance to win a branded van.

Win a van in Walkers & Bestway partnership

Bestway members are in with the chance to win a new electric van complete with a customisable wrap in a new competition with PepsiCo.

No plan for sugar tax

The Westminster government has ruled out the introduction of a sugar tax anytime soon, despite a huge petition to have sugar issues debated in...

Appliance of science

HOW do you fit a round peg into a rectangular hole? Well if you’re talking chocolate first you spend millions developing a state-of-the-art research...

SG interview: Boyd Tunnock, Tunnock’s

Expanding teacakes – it’s all go at Tunnock’s
Simon Hannah, group chief executive officer at JW Filshill,(left) and Keith Geddes, chief financial and operating officer, (right) stand in front of the JW Filshill depot with one of the wholesaler's HGV vehicles behind them.

JW Filshill records strong financial results

JW Filshill has reported a strong financial year for the business, with a rise in annual turnover for the year to January 2024.

Knowing your rival

Investment, analysis and bright ideas regain sales and profit for hard-hit shop Nisa retailer Sid Ali explains how he fought back after the Co-op opened a...
NISA App

Nisa appy with response

Nisa has launched a new mobile app, offering retailers the ability to place orders from their mobile devices.

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...
Buchanan Street Glasgow

A strong summer in Scotland

MATCHING trends across the UK, the extended good weather of early summer saw total sales in Scotland across June increase by 2.7% year on year
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