NEWS DIGEST
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PR APPOINTS MCCURRACH Pernod Ricard UK has named Glasgow-based marketing agency McCurrach as its new field sales partner in
SUSTAINABILITY
PLASTIC BAG CHARGE COMING TO LOCAL RETAILERS IN ENGLAND
grocery and convenience. In
THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE PLASTIC BAG
convenience, it will create a
CHARGE WILL BE DOUBLED AND EXTENDED TO ALL RETAILERS IN
new permanent team, which
ENGLAND FROM NEXT YEAR.
will cover 1,800 stores.The company will also become a full category partner for McCurrach’s MyStore+ app.
SPAR OPS BOSS Spar UK has named Lee Johnson as Operations and Strategy Director with responsibility for finance, governance, IT, supply chain and strategic planning. He joins from Coty where he was VP
The plastic bag charge will be doubled to 10p and extended to all retailers in England from April next year, the UK Government has announced. The scheme previously only applied to businesses with over 250 employees. The move is expected to dramatically decrease the number of plastic bags in circulation and help level the playing field between small and large retailers, while also giving independent retailers the chance to donate the proceeds to local charities.
Since the initial charge was first introduced to larger retailers in 2015, there has been a 95% cut in plastic sales in supermarkets.
for global FP&A and strategic planning, with previous roles at Lego, Microsoft, SC Johnson
LAST WEEK OF EOHO DRIVES 6% INCREASE
and Sara Lee.
JACKING IT UP Tesco has begun to make its Jack’s range of value food items available to its One Stop outlets for the first time. Around 50 Jack’s products will be added into One Stop stores and are available from this week to retailers operating franchised and companyowned stores.
The final week of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme helped boost retail footfall by 6%, according to analysis by retail analysts Springboard. Bank Holiday Monday marked the final day of the scheme, apparently spurring consumers across the country to
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make the most of the discounted prices available. Springboard said the August Bank Holiday weekend was a “remarkable success” as retail destinations saw only 11% less footfall compared to last year. Shopping centres saw footfall increase by 9.1%, high streets reported a jump of 4.8% and retail parks grew by 5%. While footfall has remained 26.1% down in comparison to last year, this increase has been a welcome improvement on the previous week’s figure of 30.7% down.
