Vape Sales Opportunity Lockdown 2
There are more general and convenience stores selling vape products than ever before and periods of lockdown clearly increase the numbers of customers who visit convenience stores for their vape. Sales figures suggest that once shoppers have found a convenient place to buy their preferred vape product that many return.
Welsh Firebreak Lockdown and Essential Shopping
The Welsh government has ordered a national “firebreak” lockdown for a two-week period to slow the spread of the coronavirus Covid19. As of 23 October, there are restrictions on which products may be sold in Welsh stores, what does this mean for convenience retailers?
Creative Idea for Halloween Confectionery
Halloween is different in 2020. Parents are uncertain whether to dress the house up for Halloween and welcome the Trick or Treaters or whether they should keep their little critters home. Retailers can help encourage safe behaviours and raise sales of confectionery.
Are we facing a second wave of panic buying?
The mainstream media is reporting, just as with the virus, that grocery shopping likely to see a second peak with wary shoppers reluctant to be caught out a second time without household essentials. What can we learn from the last peak?
Positivity From the Carrier Bag Charge.
The government, following consultation, has decided that in January 2021, the carrier bag charge will increase from 5p to 10p and will apply across all retail. Now it applies to convenience stores, how should you make the most of the change in your store?
Change a Carrier Bag Charge from April 2021
Single-use carrier bags have been chargeable by large retailers since 5th October 2015. Most convenience stores have been exempt from the charge because so far it has only applied to large companies with over 250 employees. Next year, from April 2021, the rule will apply to all retailers in England. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, retailers of all sizes already make a 5p charge for plastic bags. The BBC claims that the charge has reduced the number of single-use bags used in England by 80% from 7.6 billion bags in 2014.
Local Stores and Sunday Trading
The government is proposing to make changes to the Sunday trading law but we are concerned that this will mean yet another challenge for our small, independent stores.
How does your garden grow?
As the shelves emptied of fresh produce at the start of the Covid19 lockdown, creative shoppers decided to grow their own at home. Thwarted by the lockdown closure of garden centres, shoppers turned to convenience stores to find the gardening supplies they needed.
Covid-19 differences in shopping locale
We all know that Covid-19 has driven huge changes in our shopping habits for groceries but where have the changes been more or less significant? Our data spans the whole of the independent C-store sector around the UK, in city centres, residential and rural areas. We’ve looked at each of these different store locations to see whether this has an impact on our shopping habits.
Flour Shortages
Convenience retailers and shoppers are being creative in finding solutions to the flour shortage caused by the virus lockdown.
