Facing up to customer contact – by the book

Costcutter has been piloting social media and now it’s ready to roll FOLLOWING what it says has been a successful pilot scheme Costcutter is rolling...
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Creamery set to close

Dairy co-operative First Milk has announced plans to close Arran Creamery after it failed to find a buyer for the site .
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Record market share for Aldi

While other retailers struggle, Lidl and Aldi continue to flourish .

Rates relief extended

THE Scottish Government has announced it plans to extend 100% non-domestic rates relief to the retail, hospitality, leisure and aviation sector for another three...

Happy Holidays from the Scottish Grocer

The team at the Scottish Grocer would like to wish you and the whole team a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Struggle to keep the shelves full

Many of Scotland’s retailers have been struggling to keep shelves filled this summer, amidst an availability squeeze that has affected a number of categories.
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Discounter rolls out a new app

GERMAN discounter Lidl has added another weapon to its arsenal with the launch of a new loyalty app
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Bucky fans launch store finder app

THE creators of a website dedicated to popular tonic wine Buckfast have developed an app to help consumers find their nearest stockist. The Find Me...
Numbers were up at the Londis and Budgens shows ‘Retailing 2013 – The Main Event’ held in Manchester and Surrey last month.

Londis show attendance soars

ALMOST 1,200 Londis and Budgens stores were represented at the Musgrave trade shows, ‘Retailing 2013, The Main Event’, held in Manchester and Surrey last...

Merry pension day

PAYPOINT, the payments services provider, says consumers across the UK topped up their gas or electricity prepayment meters at Paypoint more than 3.8m times...

Heavy criticism of promo plans

Trade associations slam ScotGov plans

Delivering success for convenience

Snappy Shopper was founded in 2016 by former retailer Scott Campbell, local businessman Valy Ossman and Mike Calalchan, a developer from Scottish web design firm MTC Media
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Space – a key dimension

BECKY Spencer spends a lot of her time looking at shelves in Britain’s local community stores. As shopper-based design manager and head of ShelfHelp...
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Rates of confusion

SCOTLAND’S current system of business rates is unwieldy and expensive and held together by an often confusing series of reliefs, the Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale has said

Charity broadens scope of initiative

GroceryAid campaign takes a step up
SGF public affairs adviser John Lee.

New life plan for Scots centres

But could policies to help the high street simply make c-store life tougher still? RATES concessions for a wider range of businesses, new housing and...