All Specialist Retailers articles
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The Big Interview
Lucy Menendez on revamping Harvey Nichols’ food & drink offer
Lucy Menendez’s retail journey has taken her from pick ‘n’ mix to Harvey Nicks. Here she reveals how she plans to revolutionise the luxury store’s food and drink offering
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News
Booths targets modernisation with major IT and loyalty overhaul
The work would eventually enable Booths to digitise its Booths Card loyalty scheme, MD Nigel Murray said
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Promotional Feature
Why mobile coupons can power-up your next campaign
From introducing new products to rewarding loyal shoppers and building a database, find out how you can use mobile coupons to drive success into your next marketing campaign.
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News
Holland & Barrett trials takeaway hot drinks
The retailer has installed a takeaway counter at a store in Birmingham
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News
Booths ditching self-service checkouts to boost customer experience
”We’re not great fans of self-checkouts,” Booths managing director Nigel Murray told The Grocer
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News
Holland & Barrett begins stocking medicines in new trial
H&B wants to grow its presence in areas of the market where it has not traditionally been competitive
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News
Fortnum & Mason resumes EU exports after two years
The company will be handling EU deliveries from its new dedicated fulfilment centre in Belgium to avoid post-Brexit red tape
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Comment and Opinion
Farm shops and farmers’ markets have a role to play in improving diets
Farm Retail Association chair Emma Mosey on how farm shops and farmers’ markets may help wean Brits off ultra-processed foods
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News
Whole Foods Market to launch more ‘value’ products as it seeks to widen its appeal
The Amazon-owned grocer has seen sales squeezed as customers have traded down from its traditionally premium offering
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Promotional Feature
What is the opportunity for AR at POS?
How can Augmented Reality help you boost sales at POS? Find out what the most common misconceptions are when it comes to implementation and how AR can help you win at shelf.
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News
The Restaurant Show joins UK Food & Drink Shows
Next year’s Restaurant Show will be held at the NEC Birmingham from 29 April to 1 May
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News
Holland & Barrett opens first concessions in Tesco stores since pandemic
The two new openings are H&B’s first new UK Tesco concessions ‘for a while’
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News
Indian restaurant Gymkhana plots retail rollout for at-home Michelin starred range
The renowned Indian restaurant has raised $3m (£2.5m) to bring its Michelin star food to the grocery channel
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News
Selfridges losses narrow as footfall returns to stores
Sales grew as shoppers returned to its flagship stores in London and Manchester
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Promotional Feature
How to track diversity and inclusion
With diversity and inclusion playing a big part in businesses, how can retailers and suppliers track the impact it’s having.
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Analysis and Features
Tout’s: the forecourt retailer with the ‘heart of an independent’
Tout’s three forecourt convenience stores – full of local produce and eye-catching merchandising – earned it the Independent Retail Chain of the Year award at the Grocer Golds 2023
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Range Preview
Apple pie flavoured hot chocolate in Hotel Chocolat’s Christmas range 2023
Enjoy a death by chocolate this Christmas with the new Hotel Chocolat range
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Profiles and QandAs
My Alternative CV: Rowcliffe’s Sunit Mehta on cheese, quality and the M25
‘My friends jokingly call me ‘Cheesus’ as I often provide a good spread of cheese for social events’
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Analysis and Features
How snack brand Taking the Pea found a new lease of life
The business is booming following a rebranding, new listings, and a Farm Shop & Deli Product Awards win