Easy street
Whether it’s floor wipes or no-mopping sprays, convenience holds the key to domestic cleaning product sales.
STICKY floors and grimy bathrooms may not be...
Quick time
Whether it’s for snacks or meals, consumers want their pasta pronto and their rice and noodles even faster.
SPEED appears to be increasingly important ...
Confectionery set to check out?
Holyrood invites stores to take sweets and drinks off the tills
THE Scottish Government has again said it wants retailers to take all confectionery...
Retailers barking up the wrong tree?
C-STORE owners are missing a trick by neglecting the needs of pet owners. That’s the opinion of Dave Minton, category and customer marketing director...
Plain packs back on the agenda
THE Westminster Government has begun its short consultation process on the possible introduction of standardised packaging for tobacco products.
If it’s decided to proceed with...
Could retailers turn footage into footfall?
CCTV has a long track record in security and crime prevention. But by failing to use the cameras to gain valuable insights into the...
Kicking off
World Cup fever or not? Have the boys in Brazil put cash through the till?
WITH bunting and flags festooning the shop, a display of...
Back in the race
Convenience has been growing but some operators had to hold off on intended developments while finance was scarce. But now projects are taking off.
IT’S...
Science panel says cut sugar
Advisory committee tells Westminster Government that free sugars guideline should be halved
CONSUMERS must slash their sugar intake to head off the UK’s obesity epidemic...
Supermarkets pump it up
After years of tax and wholesale price hikes, things were looking better in fuel retailing. But in petrol, things are rarely simple for very...
The $1.3tr question
What is a snack, anyway? The definition can be elusive but what isn’t in doubt is that global sales of quick and easy eats,...
Don’t price our industry out
Retail consortium’s budget wish list says reform business rates, restrict tax hikes, improve parking.
PLEASE John Swinney, keep the cost of doing retail business in...
Which way Scotland?
Scotland’s referendum on independence is only a few months away. Today we begin our look at points of the Scottish Government’s White Paper of...
Tributes for Mackie’s chief
Ice-cream firm chairman who played major roles in farming, food manufacture, politics and education.
MAITLAND Mackie, the patriarch of the Scottish ice cream dynasty,...
Get ready for more licensing change
Scotland’s licensing laws are set to be modified again. The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill, introduced to the Scottish Parliament recently, makes a...
Price cuts see food sales fall
Like-for-like totals slump by 3.7% in May as cost-slashing promotional deals take their toll.
EXTENSIVE discounting plus poor weather added up to a disappointing...
