Bring the “Luck of the Irish” to your Store
Ensure there is a pot of gold at the bottom of your rainbow by adjusting your merchandising for optimal Guinness sales this St Patricks Day, March 17th 2022
Is Rum the new Gin?
Is the popularity of gin beginning to wane and what are people buying instead? How should your convenience store adjust your offering to ensure you don’t lose out on sales?
Ready for a Cracking Easter?
No eggscuses, here’s how to ensure your local store has an eggcellent Easter in 2022. We look at what really sells.
Burns Night 2022
It’s that time again, when men clad in kilts and sporrans declare their love of all things Scottish – in verse – to celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns! But what does it look like in Convenience?
Is “Dry January” a damp squib?
Many of us will be taking up new gym memberships, beginning a new vegan diet, drinking more water, cutting out sugar, detoxing, running daily and quitting smoking or drinking… We’ve heard it all before – but do the sales figures suggest we listen to the health gurus? Does Dry January really exist?
November was a merry month – will December keep up?
21 months on from the start of the pandemic, C-stores are not only still ahead of pre-pandemic performance, but year-on-year figures are also positive.
The Rise of Premium Wines
There is a subtle change occurring in the alcohol aisle – customers are selecting a better quality of wine. Premium wine, as a share of unit sales of total wine, has increased over the last 2 years.
Yo Ho Ho and a bottle (or two) of Rum
It seems that consumers are turning towards rum as their interest in gin wanes. Rum’s share of total spirit turnover in c-stores has increased over the last 3 years. Vodka and whisky remain number 1 & 2 in the rankings, but rum has moved from 5th to 3rd position.
The First Raj Aggarwal Award
Jules Convenience is the first store to be awarded the Raj Aggarwal Award for community service.
Halloween in C-Stores
We look at how Halloween confectionery and other themed items perform in UK convenience stores.
