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So here’s the plan…

As the Henderson Group closes the door on another year of growth in difficult circumstances, it also welcomes a newcomer – Recruited from high street giant, M&S, Nigel Gray is promising much in terms of customer engagement and a revitalised consumer experience…
It’s always useful to have the edge – essential, perhaps, in times of economic [...]

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A sign of the times

There’s little doubt that the recession is taking its toll and shaping the fortunes of the retail sector generally in the process, but for one County Down-based family business at least, the future looks bright…

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Growth is good for the NFRN

The year just gone has been busy for the National Federation of Retail Newsagents, reports Brendan Conway, and 2010 looks set to continue in the same vein.
With independent newsagents operating in a marketplace that becomes ever more challenging and less predictable as each day passes, it’s not surprising that the past 12 months have been [...]

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Interview

Musgrave: Apart in a crowd

Musgrave: Apart in a crowd

or this Yearbook edition, Ulster Grocer has been speaking to Nigel Briggs, managing director of Musgrave Retail Partners, about the challenges of the year just gone and his priorities for the months ahead…

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Charity

A little light in the dark…

A little light in the dark…

Caravan, the charity which specifically helps those who have worked in the grocery industry, is looking towards 2010 determined to raise public awareness of the work that it does and increase the number of beneficiaries which it

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Perspective / Analysis

Survival of the fittest

Survival of the fittest

As 2010 dawns, there’s little evidence that the difficult economic circumstances of the last year will soon abate, and according to Julie Sloan, price will continue to be a primary motivating factor. The hard discounters are here to say

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