Clothing and footwear has sold well in November with cold weather driving boots, woollens and coat sales, according to Barry Knight, head of retail at Grant Thornton UK LLP. Commenting on the latest monthly retail sales figures from the Office
Local shops have welcomed proposals to restrict Councils’ ability to publish free ‘news sheets’ and seek to end the unfair competition that these provide to important local and regional commercial newspapers. Association of News Retailing (ANR) managing director John Lennon
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has criticised David Cameron’s support for local minimum alcohol pricing. The Prime Minister made the comments in an interview with the Manchester Evening News, where he said the plans to introduce a minimum unit
The rapid spread of supermarkets in China has been good for food safety, according to a top official presenting at the 2010 Food Safety Conference in Washington DC, USA, yesterday. Dr Junshi Chen, head of the Institute of Nutrition and
