All Independents articles – Page 14
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Analysis & Features
Community shop: Doing things differently in Barnsley
If Community Shop doesn’t look like a supermarket from the outside, it makes up for it once you get through the doors…
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News
Minimum wage hike would hit small businesses, trade warns
Trade associations have warned chancellor George Osborne that above-inflation increases in the national minimum wage will hurt small businesses.
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News
Poundworld reports 34% drop in profits
Poundworld has announced a 34% drop in pre-tax profits to £1.9m, blaming events such as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012 for keeping shoppers away from the high street.
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News
Booker and Bestway launch January promos for indies
Wholesalers Booker and Bestway have both launched promotions to help independent retailers offer their customers deals throughout January.
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Analysis & Features
Illicit tobacco: it's time to take a stand
As previously law-abiding indies are tempted, the illicit tobacco trade is growing again…
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Analysis & Features
Why shopper insight isn’t just for the big boys
With the multiples introducing ever more sophisticated consumer data analytics, independents are finally waking up to the need to do a bit more data crunching themselves…
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Analysis & Features
How using payment apps can pay
Why should indies adopt smartphone payment systems? The bosses of Mini Checkout and PayPal Here explain the benefits of their systems.
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News
Budgens launches Discover the Taste premium ready meal range
Budgens has launched a new premium own-brand ready meal range called Discover the Taste.
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News
One Stop extends its independent franchise trial to five stores
One Stop has expanded its franchise trial for independent retailers to five stores…
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Analysis & Features
Good to firm going creates even Faster 50
This year, the average two-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the first 50 runners and riders past the post was a galloping 29.3%…
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News
Jempson's takes on the mults with £1 Celebrations promotion
Jempson’s is taking on the mults by selling what are probably the cheapest Mars Celebrations tubs in the UK…
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News
Nisa appoints Steve Leach to look after specialists and indies
Nisa has appointed Steve Leach as business unit director with responsibility of looking after specialists and independents.
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News
Beccles store increases sales by 6.5% at Roys of Wroxham
Roys of Wroxham has posted a hike in sales after opening a new store…
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News
Londis completes centralisation of frozen range
Londis has finished centralising its frozen range, the final part of its three-phase strategy to make itself more of a…
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Analysis & Features
Will indies go crazy for new online-only wholesalers?
A new type of online-only wholesaler is emerging, aiming to revolutionise the market by undercutting cash & carries on price…
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News
McColl's launches Halloween campaign for Cardiac Risk in the Young
McColl’s Retail Group has launched a campaign to raise money for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) this Halloween.
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News
New loyalty rewards programme for Bestway retailers
Bestway has launched a loyalty rewards programme for best-one retailers, the first of its kind for the wholesaler.
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News
Dike & Son to launch online ordering 'in time for Christmas'
Dike & Son is to go online by the end of the year…
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News
Farmers' market duo to open Horsham shop for local producers
A pair of farmers’ market operators are launching a new concept bricks-and-mortar store offering only locally produced foo…
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Analysis & Features
A new online dawn for indies?
Independent retailers have been reluctant to embrace online. Now, slowly but surely, attitudes are changing…