In this issue - Autumn 2024

Retail barometer: plummeting consumer spending?

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) says UK high street retail/service indies face a range of risks including plummeting consumer spending, falling footfall and crime or anti-social behaviour. We ask five retailers if this applies to them...

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Retail barometer: can your business survive?

Do you feel threatened by the trends identified by the FSB and can your business survive?

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Retail barometer: planning for the festive season

How are you planning for this year's Festive Season and how important is it for your business?

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Secret Shopper Reports

This West Country store must be in line for our award for expanding business with a user-friendly online shop. The key? A great line-up of products combined with a personal touch and promotional material that makes you come back for more...

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Health Food Institute: Tread carefully, Labour

I know that the unwritten law for retailers is to never discuss politics or religion with customers. However, as I am writing in a trade magazine, I am assuming I can say my piece which is about the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' proposed rules in relation to employment conditions.

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Health Stores UK: A heart-warming feelgood story

Want to hear a good news story? Some may want to have their faith in human nature restored so let me share a thoroughly uplifting story with you.

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Health Stores Ireland: Indies keeping it real and joyful

Nobody can say they foresaw what was coming when one of Ireland's best-known health store chains pulled down the shutters after nearly fifty years of continuous trading. We can't understate the negative effect that this has had on our trade, but family-run businesses, where roots run deep yet can still turn on a sixpence, will continue to be the beating heart of the sector.

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Health Food Manufacturers' Association: Moving with the times

Change often creates more change and the Health Food Manufacturers' Association is no different.

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Read articles from the Summer 2024 issue here.