Stores insight and analysis – Page 3
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Comment and Opinion
Retailers now need to slow shoppers down after months of hurrying them in and out
The mults need to get better at ‘retail-tainment’ to engage post-lockdown shoppers, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Analysis and Features
From waste stream to mainstream: the rise of refillable products
Packaging-free trials are on the rise across the mults. But can they work at scale? And is consumer demand sufficient?
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Comment and Opinion
Textiles 2030: fashion industry pledge is a smart solution with some serious backers
Fast fashion is unlikely to go anywhere. So Wrap was savvy to get the likes of Primark and the supermarkets on board with its latest sustainability initiative
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Analysis and Features
Real Drinks: inside the craft retailer making headway with the multiples
Having championed craft beer since 2005, Real Drinks is branching out. It has expanded into wine, landed a sourcing deal with M&S, and secured three London sites. What’s next?
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Comment and Opinion
Co-op has a strong case for holding on to its business rates relief
Ultimately it shouldn’t matter whether Co-op can clearly demonstrate why it needs relief more than anyone else
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Analysis and Features
How retail parks have become prime grocery retail locations
Space has opened up in out-of-town retail parks – and shoppers feel more comfortable there. So food retailers are moving in. But will the trend last?
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Analysis and Features
How can we stop Britain’s high streets becoming ghost towns?
The pandemic has accelerated the high street’s decline. Is government support the answer, or does the concept need a wholesale rethink?
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Analysis and Features
'Like Sainsbury’s cooler younger brother’: inside the UK’s first Amazon Fresh store
The Grocer paid a visit to the till‐free convenience store in Ealing, west London
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Comment and Opinion
What supermarkets can learn from farmers’ markets in selling a food experience
In their quest for efficiency, UK supermarkets have neglected the primary and sensory aspects of food, says Nathan Watts, creative director of Interstore
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Analysis and Features
When are the UK’s supermarkets open this Christmas?
Several supermarkets are extending their festive trading hours in a bid to give customers more time to do their Christmas shopping safely through the Covid-19 crisis
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Comment and Opinion
Antiquated Sunday trading rules need an urgent update
Major grocers have been urging the government to enable stores to open for more than six hours on Sundays
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Analysis and Features
Power List: Who holds the power in in-store grocery tech?
With quick thinking and a new ‘unafraid to fail’ mentality beginning to prevail, we look at the sector’s power players
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Analysis and Features
From pound shop to fmcg destination: the growth of Poundland
In the space of a year, Poundland has added multi-price points, chilled food and booze. The Grocer visited its two new ‘destination’ store formats to see the results
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Analysis and Features
Inside Holland & Barrett’s future-proof store refit in Chelmsford
We paid a virtual visit to the retailer’s Chelmsford store, which has had a sustainability-led redesign
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Analysis and Features
The Shopper Shrink: how wearing masks will change how people behave in supermarkets
As retailers wrestle with how to police and enforce the new legislation, here are two shifts in shopper behaviour they need to look out for
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Analysis and Features
Why coronavirus is driving a scan & go shopping revolution
Scan & go offers a convenient way to shop without staff interaction. That’s a benefit in the pandemic, but will it tempt shoppers in the long term?
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Analysis and Features
📍Map: locations of UK food businesses with coronavirus outbreaks
These are the locations of UK food manufacturing, packing and farming facilities where coronavirus outbreaks have been confirmed
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Analysis and Features
Delistings: have supermarket product ranges shrunk for good?
Supply issues forced brands and retailers to rationalise when the pandemic hit. But will financial pressures keep ranges simple?
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Comment and Opinion
Sales won’t recover until social distancing is eased – supermarkets must make a choice
The major supermarkets are reviewing their two-metre social distancing measures after the latest round of lockdown easing
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Analysis and Features
What’s in the government’s code of practice for landlords and business tenants?
New arrangements described in the code match what retailers have pushing for in negotiations with landlords