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NACS Online > /SiteCollectionImages/navigation/news_media.gif > Global Convenience Store Focus > October 2008 Issue
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Global Convenience Store Focus
October 2008 Issue |
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In this first edition, read how NACS' new Green Tool-Kit can benefit the environment and your bottom line and how Tesco's award-winning Express format is implementing green initiatives. Find out how UK c-store retailers are performing in organics from leading research company Nielsen and how a new contactless payment technology is taking the UK market by storm. Read about the challenges on the shop floor in a top store manager's diary and why Poundland ceo, Jim McCarthy, reckons value chains will give c-stores a run for their money. |
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Exclusive: Don't Miss Diary DatesEarly bird discounts available.
Friday 30 January-Wednesday 4 February 2009.
South Africa is one of the most innovative convenience retail locations on the planet. Discounters Win Scale in U.K.Discounters are winning scale in the U.K. market and threaten convenience stores and top-up shopping as much as supermarkets. Those are the key conclusions of Nielsen’s Consumer Insight report, Shoppers Count on the Discounters. Organics Surge in ConvenienceSales of organic food in U.K. convenience stores are growing at twice the rate than at their main rivals, new data from Nielsen reveals. Cider and Vodka Top Global Alcohol SalesCider and vodka are the fastest-growing alcoholic drinks around the world, according to Nielsen’s first global report on trends in alcoholic beverage consumption. Out-of-town Revival to Impact High StreetAn unprecedented wave of investment in U.K. town centres won’t stop the long-term migration of retail sales to out-of-town parks, according to new reports from Verdict Research. NACS to Launch Green ToolkitNACS will soon launch its Green Toolkit, a first of its kind guide to help convenience and petroleum retailers implement a green and sustainable operation. Tesco Environment Store Wins Top AwardTesco, the U.K.’s leading supermarket chain, has won the prestigious Global Convenience Format of the Year Award in the 2008 Retail Industry Awards for its Express environment store in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Petro-Canada Develops Destination C-StorePetro-Canada, the Canadian forecourt convenience operator, is developing its Neighbours convenience store format as a destination outlet, famous for coffee and foodservice. Reitan Expands 7-Eleven on Forecourt Reitan, the leading Scandinavian convenience retailer, is entering a new partnership with Shell that will extend the 7-Eleven format to forecourts in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. One Off: Greek Store Targets Busy MothersGlobal Convenience Store Focus has teamed up with Clare Dowdy, author of independent retail design book, One Off, to showcase individual and cutting-edge food stores from around the world. First up is Greece’s modern-day grocer-cum-deli, Bakaliko. |
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