Tag: sales
No comfort food as sales slump
THE brutal market conditions in Scottish food and drink retailing have continued into the autumn. According to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/KPMG Retail Sales...
No advantage served in July
Food sales in deep decline as sports triumphs and heatwave of 2013 can’t be matched
DO you remember how exciting it was when Andy...
Working together the way forward
SALES and marketing agencies have a crucial part to play in introducing brands to the convenience sector. According to father- and-son agency, JFK Partnership,...
Giants in bleak Christmas
Multiple and indie c-stores sales up as supermarkets falter
CHRISTMAS brought a degree of trading joy for convenience stores and good results for discounters...
Halloween gives food a bump – October analysis
GHOULS, ghosts and cold weather gave Scotland’s food sales an 11th hour bump in the night in October, returning results that led retail industry...
Food leads new sales surge – Weather and winning credited
Are we in recovery? Scottish sales performance best for more than two years as we storm ahead of overall UK stats
A feelgood July has...
Time for change – Whisky performance
Whisky is booming abroad and brands want to import the export magic
TRAVEL almost anywhere in the world where things are going well economically and...
Think inside the box – Lunchtime for little and large
The back to school period is important but grown-ups provide the majority of packed lunch sales opportunities, and lunchbox sales grow in cash-conscious times.
TRADITIONALLY...
Express service – Vodka update
HOW do you give Britain’s biggest-selling vodka a boost? Earlier this year drinks giant Diageo ensured its massive brand Smirnoff stayed full of beans...
Post office plans click march
ROYAL Mail and the Post Office are joining forces to offer a click and collect service at Post Office branches. Royal Mail is currently...
Legal advice – Don’t pay the price for careless chat
Be very careful who you discuss pricing with. It will soon become easier for authorities to prosecute on price fixing.
By Catriona Munro
COMPETITION in food...
May weather lifts the retail mood
Monitor findings show Scottish sales are better than before but still lag behind overall UK performance
SCOTTISH stores reported slow but steady growth throughout May,...
Discounters still on the march
Aldi and Lidl grow ahead of giants and Waitrose also soars
BRITAIN’S giant supermarkets continue to lose out to smaller supermarket operations at different ends...
Act on impulse – Matt Goddard interview
Britain’s sales and marketing professionals explain how they see the convenience scene
This issue: Matt Goddard, head of impulse field sales at Pepsico
Matt Goddard joined...
There goes the famous summer
THE British summer is something to celebrate, whatever the weather. That’s the message from The Famous Grouse’s summer sales push, using the slogan: ‘The...
Expecting a news arrival
HELLO! magazine is gearing up for the arrival of the royal baby, due on July 13. The publisher expects to shift 150% more copies...
