TWC launches new digital platform for retail insights
TWC Group is launching SmartView Convenience, a convenience market read to help organisations understand retail trends and sector performance.
Early licence holders need to refresh – Deadline for resits
IT’S time to go back to school for some of the country’s earliest holders of the Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders.
The Licensing (Scotland)...
Don’t suffer a dressing down
Dress codes are a common feature of many workplaces, but recently firms have hit headlines as their idea of appropriate corporate wear clashed with...
Landmark sales growing
LANDMARK Wholesale, whose members include Scottish wholesalers like JW Gray, Forteith, Sutherland Brothers and United Wholesale Grocers, says is latest financial year got off...
Making people Appy
Mobile phone apps are opening up new ways for retailers to engage with their customers
IT’S been the best part of a decade since the...
Tapping into social can drive footfall
Convenience retailers share their tips on how to make the most of social media for your store .
Appeal decision affects holidays
Ruling has consequences for accumulated holiday pay, but potential for further action means issue isn’t settled
Seeking food waste help through tech
ONE in five shoppers would like technology to help them tackle food waste, according to new research from training and research charity IGD.
When asked...
Tips to tackle crime in store
The Retail Mutual shares its expertise
Positively NISA
Nisa Retail has its own in-house EPOS solution, Epositive, which it says provides wide functionality – from simple scanning of products to the handling...
Opening channels
IT’S time for wholesalers to harness technology to address the changing face of local and convenience retailing and Batleys is determined to embrace the...
Staying up to speed
If the claim that information is power is true anywhere it’s true in retailing. Knowing your levels of stock, current prices and margins...
Brexit – exploring the possibilities
by Michael Dean and Malcolm Gunnyeon
While Brexit uncertainty is the new normal, it flexes and varies week to week. Soon we will be straining...
51,589 retail units lie empty
ALMOST a quarter of GB’s retail estate remains empty, according to the most recent research from the Local Data Company. In March, vacancy rates...
CJ Lang expands its offer
SPAR Scotland wholesaler CJ Lang has been expanding its offer with new supplier partnerships
Still chasing Scottish sites
FUEL brand Jet is continuing its push to sign up new independent dealers and sees Scotland as now established as one of its core...
