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Making space for top selling products

Making space for top selling products

My hypothesis for improving confectionery sales is that by giving more facings to our best sellers we will sell more of them. This clearly requires

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Demand to buy c-stores is up as property values stabilise

Demand to buy c-stores is up as property values stabilise

Period-on-period sales of convenience stores are up 21%, according to Tony Evans, who heads up business agent Christie + Co’s retail sales operations. His press

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London Assembly recommends planning protection for local shops

London Assembly recommends planning protection for local shops

A report by the London Assembly has recommended that local, independent shops are given planning support in order to survive and compete with the multiples.

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Sales up across convenience sector but future remains uncertain

Sales up across convenience sector but future remains uncertain

Food and drink sales during June were very strong, increasing optimism among retailers. But the long-term picture remains uncertain. On Tuesday this week the CBI

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Could Ozzy Osbourne make you money next month?

Could Ozzy Osbourne make you money next month?

After the success of Classic Rock Presents: Slash, Future Publishing brings us a special Ozzy Osbourne edition of Metal Hammer magazine

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64 rules to help you sell (and eat) food

64 rules to help you sell (and eat) food

Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother would not recognise as food, says Michael Pollan in his new, cheap book called Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. If

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The rule of space to cost

The rule of space to cost

Steve Denham refines his space-cost rule in order to keep tabs on product profitability across the store. Convenience retailing? Call it convenience bookkeeping

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Daily Mirror Prince CD giveaway boosts sales for some, not all

Daily Mirror Prince CD giveaway boosts sales for some, not all

A Prince giveaway bolsters newspaper sales, but how many independents got in on the extra revenue?

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Kraft’s Irene Rosenfeld reveals key product indicators

Kraft’s Irene Rosenfeld reveals key product indicators

How do you know what people will want to buy next? Time magazine asked Kraft boss Irene Rosenfeld in the spring but only published the

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Using shelf-space better

Using shelf-space better

I have been thinking about a recent post regarding the cost of display space, and in a conversation with Retail Newsagent’s Features Editor, Chris Rolfe

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