Spar

Spar is a leading convenience retail group, which began in 1932 with one store in Holland and has now grown to operate nearly 14,000 stores in 48 countries. In the UK Spar is a leading symbol brand, overseeing a network of independent store owners. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Spar and the grocery sector.

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Data
Ranking: the retailers with the happiest workforces in the UK
2026-01-28T07:00:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
New data has revealed the companies with the happiest workforces, according to participants in WorkL’s Happy at Work Test employee survey.
Events
How to turn fickle shoppers into true brand advocates
2025-05-15T07:00:00Promotional research for SheerID
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Retail Voice
Three tips to help create marketing content at scale
2024-03-06T09:36:00+00:00Paid for post by Relayter
Creating data-driven content for an ever-increasing number of channels and formats has become a serious challenge. Relayter spoke with a trio of retailers to get their first-hand tips and tricks to give you a head start

More on Spar

Analysis

Research: Nike, Asda, Primark, and Loaf reveal in-store CX strategies

2022-06-30T05:00:00+01:00Promotional research for Eventbrite

Retailers must seize the opportunity to create differentiated and compelling in-store experiences if they want to thrive in the future, 25 leading retailers and experts warn in our new report

News

Deliveroo launches rapid delivery grocery tie-up with Spar

2022-06-23T06:33:00+01:00By Rosie Shepard

Deliveroo and Spar have launched a partnership to deliver from all 2,160 of the convenience retailer’s stores.

Cyber attack hits over 300 Spar shops and drives closures
2021-12-07T07:34:00+00:00By Grace Bowden
Dispatch: How Spar International is thinking like a marketplace amid coronavirus
2020-05-05T05:00:00+01:00By Tobias Wasmuht
Spar posts festive sales rise as it focuses on fresh
2020-01-16T15:57:00+00:00By Luke Tugby
Spar recruits new boss from Card Factory
2019-05-16T10:22:00+01:00By Becky Waller-Davies

Spar UK boss Robinson to join Central England Co-op
2018-11-12T14:20:00+00:00By Luke Tugby
Spar supplier AF Blakemore to sell wholesale division
2018-04-03T16:08:00+01:00By Luke Tugby
Store of the Week: Spar Eat 17, Bishop's Stortford
2018-01-31T07:00:00+00:00By John Ryan
Shop Direct’s Baldock leaves personalisation lessons
2017-10-11T06:00:00+01:00By Luke Tugby

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