McColl’s Share Price Plummets After Supply Chain Disruption Warning
Shares in convenience retailer McColl’s fell nearly 30% this morning after it warned of lower annual profits due to the industry’s supply chain problems...
Retailers Demand Answers Over ‘Unclear’ HFSS Regulations And Call For Delay...
Business and retail groups have called for clarity ahead of the introduction of the new regulations that will limit the placement and promotion of...
Pandemic Takes Its Toll On A.F. Blakemore But Investment Plan Supporting...
A.F. Blakemore’s group sales for the year ending on 24 April 2021 fell by 5% to £1.0bn after its foodservice and wholesale customers across...
Sainsbury’s Using Amazon Tech For New Checkout-Free Format
Sainsbury’s is set to become the latest grocery retailer to launch a checkout-free store that uses hi-tech cameras and shelf sensors to detect what...
Amacor On Track For Chain Of 30 Convenience Stores
Independent convenience store group Amacor Capital has bought its 17th store as it strives towards a target of having more than 30 sites within...
CJ Lang Rolling Out ESLs
CJ Lang, the Scottish SPAR wholesaler and store operator, has revealed that it is planning to roll out electronic shelf labels (ESLs) across its...
Nisa Doubles Stores Offering Jisp’s Scan & Save Promotions Tool
Nisa Retail has doubled the number of stores participating in Jisp’s Scan & Save rollout, bringing the total number to 25.
The announcement comes on...
Co-op Working With Unilever On Trial Of Refillable Packaging
Unilever and Co-op have teamed up to launch two refill packaging store trials, with the aim of gaining more understanding of consumer behaviour towards...
Best-One Symbol Group Makes Gains On Tesco And SPAR
Bestway’s symbol brand Best-One saw the strongest growth of tracked convenience brands across the 12-week period to 17 October, with its share of occasions...
Convenience Store Penetration Increases
Latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Convenience Tracking Programme shows the proportion of shoppers visiting convenience stores increased to 58% over the 12 weeks...