Retail & Industry
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Grocery Sales Are Defying Credit Crunch
13 May 2008 NewsAlthough the BRC is warning that comparisons are difficult because Easter fell in April last year and the weather was warm and sunny, whereas this year Easter fell in March and there was snow and rain, it does admit that underlying trade remained tough. -
Controversial Staff Database To Be Launched This Month
12 May 2008 NewsThe National Staff Dismissal Register (NSDR), which aims at creating a database of retail employees fired for dishonesty, is being launched this May amid fears innocent victims might find it impossible to ever find another job. -
Selling Sarnies Could Be A Lucrative Opportunity
12 May 2008 NewsAccording to new research, Brits spend £5bn on sandwiches, with canny retailers piling on those lunchtime profits. -
Frozen Assets
08 May 2008 RetailHere, Total Refrigeration offers its advice on making cold hard profit from chillers and freezers -
Waitrose To Open 100 Convenience Stores
08 May 2008 NewsThe upmarket chain, Waitrose, has decided to reach out for millions more shoppers and go head-to-head with its competitors' convenience outlets, Tesco Express and Sainsbury's Local. -
Whole Foods Market Looks Set To Expand
07 May 2008 NewsNew details have emerged that Whole Foods Market is targeting new stores in three of the UK's largest cities. -
Can Farmers Markets Save British Farming?
06 May 2008 NewsThe Real Food Festival brought the biggest producers market ever to Earls Court for four days last week, April 24th to 27th, with nearly 20,000 visitors coming to see the vast array of delicu with some of the most delicious produce available in the UK: it… -
Study Shows All Is Not Bad Despite Credit Crunch
02 May 2008 NewsNew research shows that the economic slowdown hasn't hampered the performance of the grocery sector. -
Grocery Sector Inquiry Is Slammed
30 April 2008 NewsThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said that small, independent shops have been let down by the Competition Commission in its inquiry into the grocery sector. -
Tesco Launches Carbon Footprint Labelling System
29 April 2008 NewsBritain's biggest supermarket chain, Tesco, has launched a labelling scheme which will allow consumers to compare the carbon footprints of grocery items. -
How Will The 10p Tax Scrap Effect You?
29 April 2008 NewsThe Forum of Private Business (FPB) is calling on the Government to rethink its plans to force employers to pay for the loss of the 10p rate of income tax by increasing the National Minimum Wage. The move is likely to compel smaller businesses to put… -
Shop Online With South Devon Chilli Farm
28 April 2008 NewsSouth Devon Chilli Farm has invested in new web page technology to enable retailers to place orders online.
