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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 ...
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Spar managing director: Cheap food price era 'has come to an end'
The days of cheap food prices have come to an end, Spar international managing director Dr Gordon Campbell has said.
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Spar buys 11 former Somerfield stores
Symbol group Spar has bought 11 former Somerfield stores, following the Co-operative Group’s acquisition.
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Spar boycotts Vodafone products
Spar UK has joined other independent retailers and convenience store owners today in protesting over cuts in commission paid by the mobile phone operator Vodafone.
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Spar targets emerging markets to beat crunch
Symbol group Spar International is attempting to defy the credit crunch with a strong global expansion campaign.
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AnalysisIn sync: Retailers and suppliers warm to global data synchronisation
Retailers and their suppliers are slowly but surely warming to the idea of global data synchronisation, says Alison Clements