Opinions
The next phase: let’s not forget what we’ve learned
ACS boss James Lowman offers some timely advice on how to cope with what looks increasingly like a...
Model behaviour
The news that Co-op has opened its first franchise store in Scotland – at Stirling University – has...
Retailer protection: a tale of two governments
The last six months have seen everyone and their granny falling over themselves to praise local retailers. What...
Walk the walk and talk the talk
How ‘ethical’ would you rate your business on, say, a scale of one to 10? OK, you would...
Time for brands to shift focus to local
With independent retailers the undoubted stars of the show in recent months, it’s time that brands reworked their...
What should we value about retailing and towns and what should we do about them?
Recent weeks have shown that the concept of ‘place’ has become more important to more people than ever...
It’s time to start creating a lockdown legacy
We may only be in Phase One of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘route map’ out of lockdown with...
Respect at last?
We can argue forever about whether it should have been done a long time ago, but the fact...
Let’s hope there’s an upside to Covid-19
As I write this (from home, obviously) the world as we know it seems to have collapsed. It’s...
Time to become a local hero?
Local, regional and national sourcing has been a ‘thing’ in convenience retailing in Scotland for a long time...