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Sustainability: good for your community, good for your profits
Putting sustainability issues nearer the top of your agenda will be a key challenge this year for all...
Symbol strength?
As costs keep rising and margins get smaller, many local retailers may feel tempted by the benefits of...
Making sense of Track & Trace
The implementation of the Track & Trace legislation has been little short of shambolic with retailers having only...
EPoS made in Scotland
Running a modern convenience store efficiently means having access to the power and insight that only a high-grade...
Tech offers solutions to keep workers safe
With the latest SGF and ACS crime reports highlighting the growing problem of abuse of shopworkers, a number...
Big night, big basket
The biggest attraction of the big night in occasion is the opportunity for retailers to build big basket...
Gross profit: is 30% the new 20%?
With costs rising across the board for local retailers, the old rule-of-thumb of needing to make 20% gross...
‘Low and no’ driving soft drinks agenda
It’s been a busy period for soft drinks of late with a wave of low and no sugar...
Road to success
Forecourts are very much back in fashion in local retailing with many of the leading players working hard...
Chocolate evolves alongside consumers
As the tastes and demands of chocolate consumers evolve, so too must the range offered to them by...