Liz Wells

Jisp has revealed that the total number of registered users of its Scan & Save app increased by 8% month-on-month in February.

Spar Lawthorn, near Irvine in North Ayrshire, has received a new look and feel after being refitted.

One Stop has helped rescue more than 155,000 meals through its partnership with food waste charity Olio in the year to 31 December 2023.

The ban on single-use vapes is seemingly a dark cloud looming over the convenience sector, but is it going to be as bad as you think?

Company-owned store Spar Halbeath, in Dunfermline, has introduced the premium coffee-to-go brand Barista Bar.

UK shoppers are set to spend £1.7bn on Mother’s Day this year, a 1.1% increase on 2023, new research reveals.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into the supply of baby formula in the UK.

Retail media and improvements in efficiency are among the global retail trend predictions from international insight provider IGD.

Henderson Technology has hit the one million Electronic Shelf Edge Label (ESEL) milestone.

Booker redistributed enough food to provide the equivalent of six million meals in 2023 through its partnership with FareShare and Olio.

A group of trade associations have jointly written to Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary, Shona Robison, to voice alarm at the government’s consideration of a new business rate surtax and what it means for wider tax policy towards commerce.

Allwyn has revealed that it will be increasing the size of its retail sales team by 50% in the first months of the new National Lottery licence.

Asda has revealed that it will be adding 21 new convenience stores to its estate by the end of this month, including one in Clydebank.

Fuel brand Jet has picked up eight new sites in Scotland over the past 12 months, marking its greatest annual growth in the nation for over a decade.

UK footfall decreased by 5.0% year-on-year in December, down from -0.7% in November, according to new BRC-Sensormatic IQ data.

The number of free to use cash machines available in the UK has fallen by almost 30% in the past five years, new figures reveal.

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Booker has unveiled a new flagship Premier small format store offering ‘the best of Premier in a smaller store’.

There are challenges and opportunities in equal measure for Scottish forecourts as the CMA highlights concerns about a lack of choice and availability of electric vehicle chargepoints. by Liz Wells As political momentum continues to build around electric vehicles (EVs), there are both challenges and opportunities aplenty for forecourt retailers in Scotland. The latest salvo…

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