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Meantime Brewing expands and launches tasting rooms and shop

Meantime Brewing expands and launches tasting rooms and shop

Greenwich-based craft brewer Meantime Brewing has opened the doors to The Tasting Rooms, its brand new multi-purpose venue that offers the chance to tour, drink and shop in the company’s main brewery. The business has invested £6.4m over the last

30/01/2015 | Alcoholic drinks, Beer, Manufacturer news, Product Time | Read More
Wynsors World of Shoes launches mobile Facebook shop

Wynsors World of Shoes launches mobile Facebook shop

Wynsors World of Shoes has teamed up with One iota, a social and mobile commerce solutions provider, to launch a transactional and mobile Facebook ‘shop’. After reporting a steep rise in mobile visitors to Wynsors.com, the retailer selected One iota

22/03/2011 | Online retailers, Online retailing specialist, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Collect+ to compete with Post Office on parcel delivery

Collect+ to compete with Post Office on parcel delivery

Collect+, the 50:50 joint venture between PayPoint and Yodel, the rebranded business of HDN and Parcelpoint, has launched a service that allows consumers and small businesses to send parcels through their local corner shop. The service is available through 3,500

04/02/2011 | Convenience and independent retailers, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

ACS calls for tougher sentences for serial shoplifters

Local shops are calling for a new approach to tackling shop theft after Ministers revealed 78% of those convicted for shoplifting reoffend within a year. Responding to questions from MPs on Tuesday, Minister for Justice, Crispin Blunt, agreed the figures

12/01/2011 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More
Shoppers make frequent use of convenience stores, finds study

Shoppers make frequent use of convenience stores, finds study

Almost a fifth of people (17%) who use convenience stores shop there at least once a day, according to the latest research from IGD – the food and grocery experts. And 59% use them at least twice a week. On

20/12/2010 | Data Time, Research | Read More

ACS: community shops no substitute for strong high street

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has urged Ministers to ensure reform of planning powers in the Localism Bill, published today, do not undermine high streets. The Localism Bill includes plans to encourage community groups to bid to run council

13/12/2010 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More

Home Office minister backs local shop stand against violent crime

A new reward fund has been set up to help catch perpetrators of violent crime against local shops. Launched today at the ACS Crime Prevention Forum and endorsed by Home Office Minister James Brokenshire MP, the fund will allow for

19/10/2010 | Convenience and independent retailers, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

The butcher, the baker…BBC turns back time on British high street

BBC One is launching a new television series in November 2010, which transports today’s shop keepers back in time to the British high street in the 1870s and then propels them through a century of retail change up to the

08/10/2010 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Samsung unveils exclusive notebook design

Samsung Electronics UK has unveiled exclusively designed notebooks today to coincide with the opening of Lily Allen and Sarah Owen’s new vintage shop, Lucy in Disguise. The SF310 notebooks, which feature in the store, boast a bespoke Lucy in Disguise design

20/09/2010 | Manufacturer news, Non-food, Product Time, Retail News | Read More

New thin Samsung TV to feature in Conran store

Samsung Electronics UK teamed up with designer Sir Terence Conran and his flagship Conran Store to promote innovative design. Samsung’s new 7.98mm pencil-thin LED 9000 TVs will feature in a one-off retail installation in The Conran Shop, located in the

16/09/2010 | Manufacturer news, Non-food, Product Time, Retail News | Read More
Hot Shops: Waitrose opens first smaller format store

Hot Shops: Waitrose opens first smaller format store

Waitrose has opened its first new smaller format convenience store today in Cambridge. According to Waitrose, the store on Fitzroy Street has been designed with customers in mind. It features easy-to-navigate shelves and a product range, which will enable shoppers

17/06/2010 | Hot Shops, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Tackle duty fraud before raising VAT, says ACS

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has set out the key concerns of the local shop sector in advance of the Emergency Budget on the 22 June 2010. In the submission local shops urge the new Chancellor to think carefully

25/05/2010 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More

Retailers forced to check ID under new alcohol code

Retailers in England and Wales will be legally required to check under-18s for ID under new measures proposed today by the government to cut down on alcohol-related crime. But the government has stopped short of introducing minimum pricing for alcohol

19/01/2010 | Alcohol, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Virtual farmers’ market targets online shoppers

Artisan food distribution company, Carter House Foods, has teamed up with a display technology firm to launch an interactive 3D virtual farmers’ market to target the growing online home shopping market. Using the latest games technology, the concept combines a

06/01/2010 | Online food retailing, Online retailers, Retail News | Read More

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