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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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
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
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
Six things shoppers love and seven they hate
Paco Underhill has used the science of shops to help independent retailers understand their customers. He has revealed the top thing shopper’s love and hate
What to do to make (or keep) your store successful
While the Grocer indulged in its usual agenda of knocking CTNs through the medium of Jerry Marwood, boss of Spar, two weeks ago, his rather
Local sales growing faster than grocery sector
Demographics suggest that as people get older and as households get smaller, then local convenience stores will prove more attractive for more shoppers. On the
The resilience of tobacco
Higher taxes give tobacco companies the “cover to raise prices” which means the tobacco industry is in rude health, an analysis in the FT’s Lex
Margins: Are you focusing on the wrong thing?
At the Newsagents Federation conference in Birmingham this week, Imperial Tobacco, the UK’s market leader, suggested to retailers that they should focus less on cigarette
iPad’s great, but it can’t beat a newspaper editor
On the day of the iPad’s UK launch I saw two things that may be evidence that newspapers will survive the launch of the iPad.
