NEWS DIGEST
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WELSH DELIVERY SPIKE
NATIONAL LOTTERY
sharp spikes in home delivery
RETAILERS GEAR UP FOR £20M ‘MUST BE WON’ DRAW
orders since the country
RETAILERS ARE IN LINE FOR BUMPER FOOTFALL AND SALES AHEAD
entered its so-called ‘firebreak’
OF 7 NOVEMBER AS THE NEW PRIZE TIER MEANS £20M MUST BE
lockdown at the end of last
WON IN THE DRAW.
Welsh retailers are seeing
week. Convenience stores are reporting sharp rises in home delivery orders since the principality entered its ‘firebreak’ lockdown on Friday.
SUPERDRUG CONCEPT Superdrug will open a new 7,342sq ft concept store on Friday at the Silverburn Shopping Centre in Glasgow, the first of its kind in Scotland and featuring the largest ever
Camelot is predicting that National Lottery retailers are in line for a sales increase of up to 48% thanks to the upcoming Lotto £20m ‘Must Be Won’ draw that will take place on Saturday 7 November. Lotto POS started landing in stores this week, and retailers are reminded to site this in the best possible location and as soon as possible.
The new, enhanced Lotto kicks in on the same night, meaning that players who match two main numbers in a Lotto ‘Must Be Won’ draw where no one matches all six main numbers to win the jackpot outright will also scoop a share of the jackpot – winning £5 in addition to their free Lucky Dip (previously the jackpot was only shared between cash prize winners).
Beauty Studio in the retailer’s history.
BOOTS 12 MIN TEST Boots is to offer shoppers a 12-minute Covid-19 swab test in the next few weeks at selected stores. The service will be aimed specifically at people who do not have symptoms although the tests cannot be used by customers as a pre-flight test before boarding an aeroplane, which requires results to be processed by a registered lab.
SLR REWARDS 2020 GOES VIRTUAL This year’s SLR Rewards will now be held in a virtual format on Friday 11 December at 6pm. The most rewarding night in retail was originally scheduled to be take place in June but the champagne was put on ice because of the coronavirus outbreak. Antony Begley, SLR Publishing Director, said: “We are both delighted and excited to be launching the first ever SLR Rewards in virtual format. Clearly, it’s not how we had envisaged the Rewards and we would have much preferred to bring the entire Scottish local retailing industry together for
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a great night as we’ve been doing for almost 20 years – but coronavirus has made that impossible. The safety and wellbeing of all our industry friends is paramount. “But we are thoroughly looking forward to recognising and rewarding this absolutely amazing sector in a virtual environment. It’s been a long, tough year for us all so it will be a pleasure to end the year with a celebration of the entire Scottish local retailing sector. I look forward to virtually welcoming you all on 11 December.”
