All Spar articles – Page 5
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NewsImproved ranges help Spar sales
Convenience store chain Spar has reported a 3.1% rise in first quarter sales boosted by an improved fresh food and wine offer and an expansion its own-brand products.
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NewsSpar sponsors cookery TV series
Spar has sponsored a cookery series called Meals in Moments on Channel Five which will air from September.
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AnalysisResort trading: Sun, sea and selling on a summer holiday
Huge sales spikes in certain products are a boon, but life’s no beach for retailers trading in holiday resorts
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Spar posts 5.5% global sales increase
Spar International posted a 5.5% global sales increase for 2009 to reach €28.5bn (£24.18bn).Spar Austria Group achieved sales up 3.2% to €11.3bn (£9.59bn), including shopping centres, while the UK notched up €3bn (£2.55bn), up 2% on 2008. Its South African operations posted strong year-on-year growth, with retail sales increasing 14% ...
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NewsSpar distributor completes EPoS system roll-out
Spar distributor for the north of England, James Hall & Co, has successfully completed its five-year EPoS roll-out across more than 300 Spar stores ahead of schedule.
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Analysis
Work Experience
Work experience placements offer retailers a way of drawing in new talent and promote careers in the industry
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NewsRelaunched Spar site focuses on healthy lifestyle
Symbol group Spar UK has relaunched its website to push its community involvement and champion its investment in athletics sponsorship.
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AnalysisIn-store marketing: Get to the point
Retailers are increasingly in favour of decluttering stores, so what’s the future for in-store marketing?
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NewsSpar festive total sales jump 10.3%
Convenience store chain Spar has reported total sales from December 14 to date up 10.3%.
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NewsSpar thrives as it grabs slice of Woolworths share
Convenience store group Spar has reported strong second-quarter results, soaking up some of the confectionery share left up for grabs after the collapse of Woolworths.
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NewsSpar Q2 like-for-likes climb 4.8%
Convenience store group Spar has reported like-for-like sales up 4.8% in the three months to October 31.
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NewsSpar benefits as recession-hit consumers stay in
Spar’s like-for-likes increased 5.2% in the three months to July as consumers stay in more and indulge in treats.
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NewsSpar launches campaign to bolster profile
Symbol group Spar has launched an ad campaign to increase brand awareness and up own-brand sales.
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NewsSpar ads to revitalise own-label
Symbol group Spar UK has launched a £5m ad campaign to support the relaunch of its own-label range.
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AnalysisTop 50 retailers: Retail’s premier league
It’s 18 months since Retail Week’s last look at the UK’s top retailers by sales and margins and much has changed in that time. Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark reports
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NewsSpar pushes new format for the UK as sales surge
Symbol group Spar opened its flagship Eurospar store in Broomhill, Sheffield, today as the company revealed gross sales in the year to April 30 jumped 11.6 per cent.
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NewsTates to introduce store management system
Spar wholesaler Tates is to introduce a store management system from Torex across all of its 210 convenience stores.The Torex Productivity Management application will monitor labour costs, budgeting and customer sales trends, to identify the areas of improvement possible in individual stores.It will also allow Tates to better manage staff ...
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NewsHenderson Group to improve store replenishment
Henderson Group, the owner of symbol group Spar in Northern Ireland, is to automate store replenishment in an attempt to improve product availability and cash flow.The wholesale and retail group is to deploy software from Aldata to its 72 stores and there is potential to extend the roll-out to the ...
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NewsSpar to use eco-store elements in Nottingham Eurospar
Spar will use elements of its store of the future in Northern Ireland in the first Eurospar to open on the mainland next month.
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NewsSymbol store group Henderson reports profits rise
Henderson Group, which owns and runs 72 symbol stores including Spar and Eurospar in Northern Ireland and supplies 400 shops, has revealed a “strong performance” in 2008 and expansion plans for this year.The company did not disclose exact figures, but said that operating profit rose 10.7 per cent and turnover ...