Tag: Comment
MUP is a golden opportunity for us all
Like most Scottish Government legislation that impacts directly on the local retailing sector, Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) met...
The future is smarter, not harder
The challenges that face the local retailing sector are well documented with costs rising, margins falling and competition...
Food-to-go grant is a no-brainer
The recent announcement that the Scottish Government’s new £250,000 food-to-go grant programme is now live should be welcome...
Friends and colleagues: support the Protection of Workers consultation
Let’s face it, if you work in a shop in Scotland you already know that abuse, threats and...
The great tobacco RSP debate
It’s one of those discussions that usually only happens in private, but the gnarly question of whether to...
Reality bites with the real cost of the living wage
The national living wage is a complex subject, fraught with moral as well as commercial implications. There can’t...
It’s about time to give Aldi laldy…
There are few scenarios more nightmarish for a local retailer than an Aldi moving in next door, and...
The consolidation plot thickens
It’s always the way. Just as SLR is going to press a new story breaks and the editorial...
What next as McColl’s hooks up with Morrisons?
The dull moments in local retailing are few and far between these days – but wasn’t it always...
If the Scottish government wants DRS, let them pay for it
One of the most galling challenges of working in the local retailing industry is that we so often find ourselves...