BBQ season: Turning up the heat
As it gets warmer, retailers can introduce hot sales to their stores by stocking up on all the barbecue essentials and extras
View ArticleSummer drinks: Temperature's rising
Summer is always a real opportunity for retailers thanks to family celebrations and get-togethers.
View ArticleIce cream: A cool customer base
Encourage shoppers to buy into ice cream by ensuring that your offering is visible and stocking the latest NPD…
View ArticleSoft drinks: Sweet taste of success
Find the balance between old favourites, lower-sugar formulations and new health-giving drinks, and you’ll see your soft drinks sales sparkle.
View ArticleLowering the price of health and beauty
Value for money is key as retailers compete with pound shops and high street chains to attract health & beauty consumers
View ArticleFrozen: Ice cool customers
By embracing pricemarked packs and meal deals, retailers can achieve strong results in frozen, which is ?doing a roaring trade in some stores
View ArticleConfectionery: Candy crush continues
Consumers are still in love with sweets, despite the media reports ?slamming sugar, and there’s no let up in innovation or price promos
View ArticleCraft and bottled beer: Crafting the revolution
As people become more discerning about the quality and heritage of ?alcohol, craft and bottled beers are booming and there’s a fast-growing range for retailers to choose from
View ArticleDairy: Make sure you're milking it
When it comes to convenience retail, the dairy category is definitely the big cheese in today’s chilled selection.
View ArticlePut your energy into a growing category
If there’s one area worth retailers putting their energy into, it’s energy drinks. It is one of the best-performing sectors in the soft drinks category.
View ArticleA modern take on snacks
Sales of standard crisps are down but the overall crisps & snacks category is in growth. Retailers have to think more carefully about this fruitful category to get the balance right.
View ArticleLunchbox: Saving by the bell
This September, as parents begin to prepare their children for the new school year, many will be returning to the shops and revisiting their term-time routines of preparing meals for their children’s...
View ArticleWine: Get worldly
Many retailers can find the wine category daunting given the huge choice of grapes, regions and styles on offer. And to make things tougher, the options are expanding, as brands aim to pull in new...
View ArticleHome baking: Sweetening the deal
The summer months can provide consumers with plenty of opportunities to try their hand at home baking.
View ArticleDrinks to make you think
When was the last time you drank something sitting down? From morning lattes sipped on the walk to work, to Slush Puppies slurped by homeward-bound school kids, we’re now a nation that takes its...
View ArticleSecrets to a fangtastic spooky season
Savvy retailers have realised that embracing in-store theatre and community engagement will guarantee ex-scream-ly good sales.
View ArticleCanned and ambient: Don't let sales get jarred
With retailers busy improving their fresh and chilled range, it’s important to remember to pull in canned and ambient sales through strong cross-merchandising.
View ArticleE-cigarettes: Help flick the switch
The number of UK vapers has almost doubled over the past two years as traditional tobacco smokers give the e-cigs category a try.
View ArticleBig night in: Tune in and cash in
With more availability now than ever before with latest series’ and movies available on demand across mobile devices, from tablets, mobiles and computers, the range of home entertainment on offer is so...
View ArticleChristmas special: Get your place at the table
Some retailers are already making money from festive products and there’s potential for all stores to pull in cracking Christmas sales
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