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Last Updated 22/08/2008 00:00
A tiny store in the Shetland Islands has taken on Tesco in one of the last areas beyond the reach of the supermarket giant.
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Last Updated 11/08/2008 00:00
Retailers have roundly criticised the government's failure to commit to any of the recommendations listed in the Competition Commission's final report into the grocery market.
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Last Updated 11/08/2008 00:00
Around 100 former Somerfield stores could be off-loaded to other retailers due to local competition concerns surrounding the Co-operative Group's proposed £1.57bn acquisition of the chain.
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Last Updated 11/08/2008 00:00
Tesco's Fresh & Easy is its attempt to crack the US market, but will it catch on? Tracy West..
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
Five retailers along with tobacco firm Gallaher have agreed to pay a multi-million pound fine after admitting colluding on the price of tobacco products.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
The Co-operative Group has agreed to buy the 880-strong store chain Somerfield for £1.56bn, cementing itself as Britain's fifth biggest supermarket chain and a superpower in the convenience sector.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
The first Waitrose convenience store could be up and running within six months, C-Store has learned.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
New planning guidelines supposedly giving independent retailers protection from supermarkets have been given a lukewarm welcome by campaigners.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
Skillsmart Retail has offered a third option to accompany the government and Conservative planning reform proposals released last week.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
The Conservative Party's Commission Into Small Shops has produced a series of recommendations to help reverse the decline of independent retailers.
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