Independent Retailer

New till solution for independent retailers

Innovative company, The Good Till, has provided a low-cost EPOS solution that is both funky and friendly for retailers and customers to rival big brands. By combining a tablet computer with some smart software and stylish hardware, The Good Till Company offers a new solution that is not only more…

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Tetra launches on facebook and pinterest

  Tetra has launched Facebook Tetra UK and Pinterest Tetra UK pages. The company hopes to make information about fishkeeping easily accessible, supporting existing fishkeepers as well as drawing new people to the hobby. Chanel Joseph, UK digital marketing manager at Spectrum Brands Pet division explains, “The introduction of social media…

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Lily’s Kitchen celebrates Queen’s 90th birthday

British pet food producer, Lily’s Kitchen, is celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday in a unique way. The company is launching Coronation Chicken, a limited edition recipe for dogs, available this spring and summer. The new product uses natural ingredients, including freshly prepared chicken, cranberries, apricots and squash, warmed by a pinch of…

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The winners of the Pet Industry Federation Awards

The winners of the The Pet Industry Federation Awards 2015 were unveiled this week at the Crowne Plaza City Centre Hotel in Liverpool. The awards were presented by actor Brian Blessed. The winners included: Independent Retailer of the Year: Ingleby Pet Supplies Pet Retail Chain of the Year: Pets Corner, Warminster Manufacturer of…

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Tributes are paid to Diana Truman

Tributes are paid today for Diana Truman, who was executive secretary of the Pet Product Retail Association as well as a key member within other sections of The British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA). Alan Hawkins, bira CEO commented: “Her work running the Home Decoration Retailers Association made her BIRA’s longest serving employee,…

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Five days to AQUA 2015

Water gardening and aquatic trade event AQUA 2015 is only days away. The popular event will be taking place at the Telford International Centre on October 14-15. 82 companies will showcase products and services over the two day period. Visitors are expected to attend from around the UK and overseas. Members of the…

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Entries received for Pet Industry Federation Awards 2015

The Pet Industry Federation have announced the finalists in this year’s PIF Awards. This year’s finalists are: Pet Retail Chain of the Year – sponsored by Natures Menu Pets Corner, Warminster Independent Retailer of the Year – sponsored by Intelligent Retail Betty & Butch, Manchester Ingleby Pet Supplies, Teeside Nurture…

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Pet Industry Federation’s Awards now open!

Nominations for the 2015 Pet Industry Federation Awards are now open, and all pet businesses are invited to enter their business or a colleague in one of 10 Award categories.   It’s free to enter the Pet Industry Federation Awards and to be in with a chance of winning you…

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AQUA 2015 Sells Out Of Stand Space

82 companies will be showcasing their products at AQUA 2015 – a record number of exhibitors for the premier water gardening and aquatics trade show. The organisers have announced that all available stand space has now been sold. The event, which takes placed on October 14-14, 2015 will include companies…

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Get, set, go! Is your store ready for the Christmas rush?

It’s here. Christmas advertising is out in force as Tesco, Aldi, Boots and Marks & Spencer become just a few of the companies to try and entice us into stores. To smaller retailers the outlays may sound hefty. John Lewis’ much-anticipated ad, featuring Monty the Penguin, cost £1 million to…

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