Sales of Spar UK approach £3 billion mark
Spar UK’s retail sales rose by 8.5% to £2.84 billion in 2016, largely due to a surge in its number of symbol retailers. There was also more emphasis on fresh […]
Ian Taylor promoted to retail director at Spar UK
Ian Taylor (pictured), formerly head of retail at Spar UK, which has about 2,400 stores, has been promoted to the new role of retail director, which the group described as […]
Appleby Westward promises lower prices and acquires a 63-store business
Spar retailers in the south-west have been promised lower wholesale prices by regional distributor Appleby Westward, saving them an overall outlay of more than £650,000. The delivered wholesaler’s managing director […]
Weekly news summary 19th June 2015
HEADLINES THIS WEEK: – BLAKEMORE IS ‘HERE FOR THE LONG TERM’ – TODAY’S LAUNCHES RETAILER APP – HEAVY INVESTMENT BY APPLEBY WESTWARD
