"The trend towards convenience shopping is driving footfall back into towns and cities where the specialists tend to be located, but with this comes additional competition from c-stores, discounters and online. While e-commerce isn’t the answer for many specialists, increasing use of technology to engage with customers and improved convenience in terms of later opening times or local pick-up points should help them to stand out from the competition."
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7th July 2016
“Independent butchers are attracting a new generation of 25-34-year-old cooks to their shops through a focus on where their meat comes from, advice on preparing and cooking meat, and the development of convenient products and recipe ideas.” 
18th March 2016
"The More format has more of a buzz about it than Holland & Barrett's standard stores. It offers the sorts of services that people increasingly want - food to go, beauty treatments, nutritional advice. The services being offered add to the authority of the brand, which should give customers more ...
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The growth of c-stores; help or hindrance?
