In-Store articles from March 2008

In-Store archives from March 2008

Print Centre hits UK.
March 11, 2008... Designers have a new UK source for P-O-P - a global manufacturer already producing creative solutions for some of the biggest brand names in the world including Coca Cola, Sony EMI, Walt Disney Stores and Carlsberg Tetley. The...

Huge growth for HRG.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... In-store sales activation agency, HRG (UK) are enjoying a very successful expansion with turnover and staffing levels up by more than 20 per cent in the last six months alone. HRG have recently won accounts including: BlackBerry, Callaway Golf,...

Denny Bros can do it.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Kan-do-it, specialist manufacturer of cotton and paper bags, wanted to show customers how to get the most out of a promotional bag. Together with Denny Bros, it conveyed this information to its clients in a compact style. The "Trevor"...

Destec expands offering.
March 11, 2008... Destec Systems Ltd, UK Distributor for SeKure Controls' point-of- display, anti-shoplifting range, are pleased to announce that SeKure has added to its wide range of security recoilers with new models that supply power to the product whilst...

Show first for Aspects.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Aspects Shop Supplies will be exhibiting at The In-Store Show for the first time. The company has a reputation for supplying standard and bespoke products at competitive prices to the retail sector. "Connections" the new fixture collection...

Uniross prepares for rise of rechargeables with WWF.
March 11, 2008... Rechargable battery brand Uniross is preparing to extend a promotion for its new Hybrio technology range to stores across the UK, using new P-O-P displays currently being developed by design group Landor Paris. The brand is expecting...

Ethics on the up as shoppers go bananas for Fairtrade.
March 11, 2008... Sales of Fairtrade products increased by 81 per cent, to #493m, between 2006 and 2007 according to the Fairtrade Foundation. The group has announced the figures to coincide with the launch of Fairtrade Fortnight 2008, which runs until 9...

Album sales.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Artists nominated for BRIT Awards saw a massive spike in album sales after the broadcast of the ceremony, according to HMV. The retailer says that in-store demand for Paul McCartney's current album, Memory Almost Full, increased by 515 per...

Sainsbury's first on call with inner-city surgery.
March 11, 2008... Sainsbury's is offering customers a doctor's surgery on its premises. The retailer's store in Heaton Park, Manchester will be the host of a six-month trial of the service, which could roll out nationwide. The scheme sees GPs from the...

Jewson sponsors SADI 2008.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Building supplies group Jewson has been confirmed as the headline sponsor for the Shopfitting & Display Industry Awards 2008. The scheme, run by In-Store in association with industry bodies the NAS and SDEA, recognises excellence in the...

Walkers goes traditional with 'great' Britain promo.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Crisps brand Walkers is launching an on-pack promotion this month to celebrate Britain. Walkers' Brit Trips will offer consumers millions of pounds worth of savings on British treats, from theme parks to traditional pub lunches. The...

Flagship T5 store is Nokia first.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Nokia is opening its first airport Nokia Flagship Store in Heathrow's Terminal 5, when it opens on 27 March. Covering 60 sq m in the terminal, the store will showcase Nokia devices and allow customers to test the latest handsets. Nokia...

Unilever gets ready for anything.
March 11, 2008... Unilever is launching new ready meals from its Colman's, Knorr and Bertolli brands, in a bid to gain a larger slice of the #1.4bn ready meals market. This is the first time the brands have made an appearance in the chilled ready meals...

Harrods' egg factory reveals Easter secret.
March 11, 2008... Harrods is installing an Easter Egg Factory in its food hall to promote sales of handmade Easter eggs. The animated chocolate Easter egg factory was created by Props Studios which is also creating seasonal displays for Ralph Lauren. The...

Threshers to sell off-licences.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Threshers is to sell nearly 200 of its off-licences as part of a three- year business plan due to be unveiled in March. Commercial property agent Christie & Co is handling the sale. Since acquiring Threshers in 2007, Vision Capital has been...

Mother of all sales egg-cites BRC.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... The British Retail Consortium expects Mothering Sunday to be worth #1.6bn to UK retailers this year, an increase of six per cent on 2007. The BRC estimates that greetings cards worth #85m will be sold, #230m will be spent on flowers and...

Fonseca joins Waitrose to put Periquita first on UK tables.
March 11, 2008... Periquita, Portugal's most exported red wine, is attempting to become the number one Portuguese red wine in the UK with a substantial marketing campaign in Waitrose stores. Periquita is the oldest Portuguese table wine brand, produced...

M&S gets serious about cancer.
March 11, 2008... Marks & Spencer is joining forces with The Prostate Cancer Charity again this year to help raise awareness of prostate cancer - a disease which kills one man every hour in the UK. M&S has designed an exclusive range of products, to...

Digital signs are good for JD Sports.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... JD Sports has introduced a fast-moving digital display in its flagship Oxford Circus store. The display, from Handy AV, immerses the customer in digital images across both floors of the store. It is understood to have lifted sales. ...

IN BRIEF: Darling must help retailers, says BRC.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... The British Retail Consortium is calling on chancellor Alistair Darling to help retailers through changes to the economy by taking action in his first budget. The BRC says retailers should be rewarded for their environmental achievements,...

IN BRIEF: Netto calls in SAS to tackle store media.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Discount retailer Netto has appointed Sales Activation Solutions to manage in-store media resources in its 182 UK stores. From April, 50 stores will gain new media resources including SAS's Trolley Vision product, and advertising oportunities...

IN BRIEF: New software on the cards for Clinton.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Clinton Cards has enlisted K3, the UK's largest provider of Microsoft Dynamics, to develop and implement a software system to manage central merchandising across its 1,100 stores. The software package will be integrated with the store's EPOS...

IN BRIEF: Smell of success gets sweeter for Unilever.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Unilever is introducing two tropical fragrances to its Comfort Concentrates range. Comfort Tempting Nature and Comfort Tropical Burst are available in 750ml and 1.5 litre concentrates and incorporate the Comfort Fresh Release Technology....

IN BRIEF: World Duty Free offers Sanctuary at T1.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... World Duty Free has launched a new beauty concept in Heathrow Terminal 1. The Cocoon Beauty Sanctuary opened on 9 February and offers premium skincare and wellbeing ranges, as well as a Dermalogica treatment room. it will be the first time...

ANALYSIS: Practice makes perfect?
March 11, 2008... As the Competition Commission unveils its proposals, including a new code of practice, to improve the way supermarkets operate, Matthew Valentine looks at the details and assesses their likely impact The wait is over. The Competition...

LETTER: Intelligent design is food for thought.(Letter to the editor)
March 11, 2008... This whole food thing in supermarkets is really bothering me. All the big boys are getting all of us designers to enhance their positioning on how the food offer looks while the rest is allowed to look crap. Whilst reading February's...

GLOBAL TALK: European champions.(GlobeTrotter)(The Zen department Store )(Awards list)
March 11, 2008... The annual EuroShop show is a high point of the global retail calender, and the first Retail Design Awards add a new dimension The winners of the first EuroShop Retail Design awards have been announced, and were due to be formally...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Auchan takes wraps off new packaging.
March 11, 2008... French supermarket chain Auchan is to unveil new own-label packaging for some of its food ranges, as part of a process that will eventually extend to all 10,000 of its own-label product lines by 2009. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Shopfitting spend up in Germany.
March 11, 2008... German retailers have increased their total annual investment in shopfitting projects by 10 per cent to E1.33bn, according to the Shopfitting Monitor 2008 report from EHI. Much of the spend has been on energy optimisation projects to make...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Appetite exists for less food packaging.
March 11, 2008... Nearly half of consumers around the world would give up "convenience" food packaging to benefit the environment, according to a wide-ranging survey by Nielsen. However, they were far more reluctant to give up packaging perceived as improving...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Renner looks for big town business.
March 11, 2008... Brazilian department store group Renner is to open 15 new stores this year, in addition to its 95 current outlets. The retailer is to aim for sites in cities with populations in excess of 400,000. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd....

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Bharti joins Wal-Mart for India stores.
March 11, 2008... US supermarket giant Wal-Mart is set to open up to 15 cash-and-carry stores in India by 2015, in a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises. The first of the stores is due to open late this year. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: India's independents aren't happy.
March 11, 2008... Owners of small shops, and street traders, have been protesting outside large new supermarkets across India. Stores belonging to groups including Wal-Mart and Metro were targeted by groups of those who feel independent traders are under threat...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Le crunch won't curb Euro-retail build.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Growth in out-of-town shopping developments is expected to continue in southern European countries such as Italy and Spain, despite the global credit crunch, according to recent data from retail analyst Verdict Research. Prime development...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Tags for the memory, says Metro.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Metro Group has completed the roll-out of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in all its Cash and Carry and Real stores. The technology will track shipments across Germany to improve product availability. Products are tagged when...

DISPLAY OF THE MONTH: Interior motives.
March 11, 2008... Fernandez & Wells lets its merchandise make its own statement, says Mark Robertson of HMV, and that's an appetising prospect for those who love fine food With its quality selection of cured meats, cheese and bread inspired by farmer's...

CITY TALK: Foreign affairs.
March 11, 2008... The UK retail downturn may take the shine off Tesco's turnover but the news from abroad sounds sweet as global operators start playing the Tesco tune, says financial journalist Glynn Davis The recent decision by Tesco to look for 10,000...

NEWS IN BRIEF: ONS reports post-Christmas sales lift.(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... UK sales growth in January was stronger than expected. The Office of National Statistics reports that sales were up by 0.8 per cent between December 2007 and January 2008. Discounted electrical goods and early Easter purchases are though to...

NEWS IN BRIEF: London sales growth slows.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... The British Retail Consortium has reported that retail sales in central London during January 2008 were 3.7 per cent higher than a year previously. This is below the 6.6 per cent increase recorded in January 2007. Copyright: Centaur...

NEWS IN BRIEF: JLP sounds rare note of gloom.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... The second week of February was "one of the toughest in recent memory" for retail trade, according to the John Lewis Partnership. The group's department stores saw sales fall by 3.4 per cent year-on-year. Copyright: Centaur...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Five in a row for Thorntons.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Confectionary retailer Thorntons has seen pre-tax profits increase by 14 per cent to #11.9m for the 28 weeks ending 12 January. Revenue for the same period showed an increase of 13.9 per cent. The company has delivered five consecutive...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Impending takeover boosts S&N price.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Scottish & Newcastle share prices rose 19.5p to 807.5p during February, amid rumours that SAB Miller was considering a bid for the beverage company. It has since decided not to take further action. Shares in S&N stood at 787.5p as In-Store...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Battle for groceries sector intensifies.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... The battle for market share in the UK grocery sector has become more intense than ever, according to retail analyst Verdict research. While the "big four" continue to dominate, smaller players are increasing their market share by using...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Successful Asda helps boost Wal-Mart.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... International retailer Wal-Mart has seen its overall profts grow by 4 per cent, to $4.1bn, for the final quarter of its financial year. The group's international operations, including UK chain Asda and operations in South America, Canada and...

PROFILE - SIMON ROWE: Task master.
March 11, 2008... While most people would be busy enough as merchandising manager at Twentieth Century Fox, Simon Rowe tells Rosie Baker why he's delighted to be the new chairman of POPAI too The role of POPAI chairman was traditionally a poisoned chalice,...

MARKET REPORT: Written warnings.
March 11, 2008... New research urges retailers to bin the biro and chuck the chalk, or risk turning off customers with sloppily-written signage, says Rosie Baker Retailers and brands spend millions of pounds using high tech methods to promote their goods...

INSTALLATION: Supply chain reaction.
March 11, 2008... As suppliers, installers and retailers demand ever-higher environmental standards from each other, says Rosie Baker, there are signs the P-O-P supply chain is starting to pull together on the issue At a time when environmental issues are...

Design & build focus.
March 11, 2008... Women's fashion retailer Planet is facing the same problems as many high-street brands: how to be distinctive in an age where people are increasingly becoming just as likely to shop from their computers as they are in a town centre. The...

PRODUCT NEWS: Media MVR is boxing clever.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... A low-cost modular unit comprising an 8in LCD screen, digital video recorder (DVR), DVD rewriter and photoframe functionality has been launched to fulfill a range of security, recording and point of sale requirements. The Media MVR, from...

PRODUCT NEWS: William Smith sticks with 3M.(Signage and graphics group)(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Signage and graphics group William Smith has introduced 3M's DI-NOC range of films. Providing 500 patterns across 21 product families, with a variety of textures and finishes, the range gives a wide variety of self-adhesive laminates to use...

PRODUCT NEWS: Little leap from Electrone.(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Electrone Europe has launched a new fully-programmable compact EPOS device, the MiniPOS System, designed to combine a small footprint with an industry standard screen. While helping retailers to make the most efficient use of counter...

PRODUCT NEWS: "Greenest" bag from Stronghold.(Stronghold)(Brief article)
March 11, 2008... Stronghold, the company behind the Original Greenbag was due to launch a new product at Euroshop as In-Store went to press. The Original Fab Bag claims to the most environmentally-friendly bag available anywhere in the world. It consists...

PRODUCT NEWS: DED's trigger happy scanner.
March 11, 2008... DED has added the Voyager GS, a single-line laser scanner, to its range of Metrologic barcode scanners. The ergonomic design of the scanner means it is suited to staff who need to make repeated trigger-activated scans, with an aggressive...

PRODUCT NEWS: One Bag can make a real difference.
March 11, 2008... The One Bag Project was launched at the Responsible Retailing Summit in February. The One Bag is a reusable and recyclable eco-bag, with an integral reward scheme for consumers. Each bag has a unique barcode label that tracks use and rewards...

EYE ON DESIGN: March 2008.
March 11, 2008... John Lewis Oxford Street When is a vacuum cleaner not a Hoover? When it's a Dyson of course. Or it could be an Electrolux, Miele, Vax, Sebo, Panasonic or even a Bosch. Well John Lewis have the lot (including my favourite example of 70s...