All Independents articles – Page 16
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News
Portas Pilot brings new independent butcher's to south-east London
One of Mary Portas’s high street pilots has resulted in a new independent butcher’s shop opening in the south-east London area of Forest Hill.
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Analysis and Features
The future of fascias?
For every spotty youth Sainsbury’s employs in a c-store, how many independent retailers go bust?…
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Comment and Opinion
Helping independent stores to engage with their communities
Many independent traders avoid buying from big brands. They don’t have the buying power of the multiples…
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Analysis and Features
Fascia to fascia: how symbols could sharpen their act
The right fascia can make all the difference – but are symbol groups offering retailers the right choices?…
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Analysis and Features
Meet the indie forecourt pumped up for a fight
The most important thing to do is start with a competitive fuel contract. We knocked our initial offer down significantly by shopping around.
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News
Promos force independent retailers to ditch festive selection boxes
Almost two-thirds of independent retailers will not be stocking selection boxes this Christmas - because they don’t believe they can compete with the supermarkets on price.
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Analysis and Features
Green shoots of recovery: how a Yorkshire village saved its shop
It wasn’t long ago that independent greengrocers looked dead and buried.
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Analysis and Features
Are Post Office Locals a panacea for indies?
The Post Office Local pilot is over. Now the Post Office wants to enlist 2,000 retailers in the rollout.
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News
Tesco and independents 'must improve' food hygiene
Tesco has been awarded the lowest food hygiene score of the major multiples in a new report by The Grocer - but independents fared far worse.
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Analysis and Features
Which stores struck gold during the Olympics?
Pitched as a great opportunity for retail, many say the Olympics has failed to deliver. We asked our masterclass how they’ve handled the Games…
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Analysis and Features
New-look stores: Not just a pretty fascia
Convenience retail has embarked on a massive transformation. The number of retailers unveiling shiny new fascias…
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Analysis and Features
After the party: how local retailers saw the Olympics
How did shopkeepers local to London 2012’s venues experience the Games? The Grocer’s survey reveals the true impact on trade.
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News
Shutter restrictions to stay despite riots of 2011
The government has rejected a proposal to cut planning restrictions on shop security shutters a year after the riots.
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Comment and Opinion
A wake-up call for bread?
There appears to be a growing move mainly in the non-food retail arena for retailers to look to consignment…
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Analysis and Features
Up in smoke: can indies save cig sales?
Booker claimed the introduction of the supermarket tobacco display ban would help yield a £1bn sales boost for smaller stores this year.
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Comment and Opinion
There's more to life than Booker
For many years, and under different regimes, independent wholesalers traded against a market leader…
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Analysis and Features
Brothers reap rewards of innovative local schemes
They are the next generation of retailers who are shaking up the convenience sector with their trailblazing ideas.
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News
Prisk 'not buying' ACS Sunday trading sums
Business and enterprise minister Mark Prisk has given short shrift to arguments that extending Sunday trading laws during the Olympic Games would cost independent retailers £480m.
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Comment and Opinion
Is the end of impulse nigh?
For many years wholesalers and independent retailers have been told the saviour of independent retailing was going to be impulse purchases.
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Comment and Opinion
A Scottish FSA is a daft idea
The Scudamore report was published this week, reviewing what should happen to food standards in Scotland as a result of changes made to the FSA in England.