The Co-operative is launching a Family Fun voucher scheme offering shoppers a booklet of vouchers worth £80 in savings when they spend £10.00 or more on groceries. The booklets will be on offer from 18 May to 14 August 2011
Executives hope augmented reality can help revolutionise the retail industry. And smartphone apps look to be leading the charge, argues Ben Thompson at Next Generation Retail Summit Europe Summit 2011 organiser, GDS International Imagine a world in which small, cartoon-style tags pop
Spar Czech Republic has donated the leftover fresh products from its Fresh Food congress, recently held in the capital, to Prague Zoo. Event organisers donated leftover ice, fruits and vegetables to polar bears in the zoo. According to Spar, the event itself
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has joined forces with the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) to urge MPs to pass two amendments to the Government’s Localism Bill to give greater power to local communities. MPs will discuss amendments
Carrefour is investing €40m in new Wanzl Tango plastic trolleys for its new Planet format hypermarkets in Europe. The Tango trolley will be supplied to over 500 stores in France, Belgium, Spain, Greece and Italy over the next three years.
Secure payment provider The Logic Group and Experian, the global information services company, are partnering to provide a fraud prevention solution to merchants via The Logic Group’s Managed Fraud Service (MFS). According to the duo, the partnership offers organisations fast
The Co-operative has won two gold awards for products in its premium Truly Irresistible range at the Grocer Own Label Food and Drink Awards 2011. The Co-operative’s Truly Irresistible Fairtrade Milk Chocolate with Butterscotch won gold in the Grocery Confectionery
Amazon has been ranked the world’s top retail brand by value in the Brandz 2011 league, published by global research agency, Millward Brown. Amazon took pole position in the retail rankings with a brand value of $37.6bn, up 37%. It beat
Consumer purchasing of cosmetics and skincare products is directly influenced by the economy, a Mintel survey of US shoppers reveals. It finds while this category is improving, it is not thriving just yet. Just over a quarter (27%) of shoppers
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is launching an online campaign to help encourage UK children to walk to school. Working in partnership with charity Living Streets, M&S has created a free downloadable game for parents to play with their children, along
Leading ecommerce practitioner Practicology claims it is tackling one of the most difficult hurdles for multi-channel retailers – putting in the most effective structure and finding the right people to maximise sales online. Practicology is extending its services to offer
VegfestUK, the Bristol veggie event, is adding a fringe-style festival to the mix this year, 21-29 May 2011. The event features vegetarian and vegan food producers from across the UK. They will be joined by week-long series of activities, cookery
British Food Fortnight, claimed to be the biggest national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and is planning a series of Olympic-inspired initiatives to make British food centre
Google is launching a competition to find the best independent retail website in the UK. The Best of British Web Competition aims to inspire small retailers to make the most of their websites and reap the business rewards of being
Fine + Rare, the international fine wine trader, has launched a website, which provides fine wine collectors the opportunity to purchase the 2010 En Primeurs (futures). These wines will be released over the next few months to be delivered usually
Fine French wines from specialist merchant Seabright and Seabright will go on display at the London International Wine Fair (LIWF) next week after scooping a top prize. Four wines, available exclusively through Seabright and Seabright in the UK, were selected
Little Devil spice sachets, designed to mix Bloody or Virgin Marys, are being stocked on Eurostar trains. Little Devil will be available on all Eurostar routes from the bar buffet (for people traveling in standard class) and served at seat
Sainsbury’s pre-tax profits jumped by nearly 13% to £827m in the year to 19 March 2011 on the back of strong growth in non-food and its convenience business, which has racked up £1bn in sales. Total sales rose 7% to
Emmanuel Hembert, principal at the retail practice of global strategy consultancy AT Kearney, urges caution despite the jump in April retail sales. “As with last month’s figures, the jump in retail sales figures of 5.2% in April should be read
Sainsbury’s is rebranding its core own-label products under the ‘by Sainsbury’s’ banner. The revamp, which includes over 6,500 products, began with frozen foods just before Christmas 2010 and will be completed by January 2013. Of the 6,500 products 65% will
Simply Nectar has rebranded its range of pure fruit juices and nectars to appeal to the convenience market. The award-winning artisanal drinks company, which produces GMO free fruit juices and nectars, has made its logo more contemporary and has introduced
Twenga, the online shopping portal, has launched a new version of its website, which it claims offers shoppers a visual, sensory and instinctive shopping experience. The new site has been designed to better respond to the demands of online shoppers,
Indian sauce company Mamajaan’s claims to be introducing a taste of the Punjab to home cooking with the launch a range of chilled curry sauces featuring London place names. The cook-in fresh curry sauces are designed to take the
Prepared meals company, Easy Bean, is claiming a first with the launch of two Fairtrade ready meals. The products – African Palava and New Mexican Chilli – will be available at 100 Sainsbury’s stores from 18 May 2011 and in
Department store Selfridges is launching a campaign to challenge the public to imagine a world with ‘no more fish in the sea’. The Project Ocean initiative is being spearheaded by the retailer’s creative director, Alannah Weston, working in partnership with
