Supermarkets often get a bad press (with good reason) from suppliers lamenting draconian payment terms which have been known to put small companies out of business, but Morrisons is bucking the trend by paying its small suppliers immediately to help keep them afloat during this period of economic uncertainty. For the smallest suppliers, with an
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Shop prices continued to fall in April, representing the deepest period of deflation since February last year, according to the BRC and Nielsen. There have now been five years of shop price deflation. Overall, there was a 1% decline last month, although non-food prices fell 2.2% compared to March when they were down by 1.9%.
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UK retail sales suffered their biggest quarterly fall in a year as the ‘Beast from the East’ kept shoppers away from the high street. Sales volumes fell 1.2% in March, compared with February. Sales of clothing, petrol and food all suffered, according to the Office for National Statistics. Fifteen major UK retailers or restaurant groups
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Roving reporter Denre Bruins writes: After the enormous success of the autumn exhibition, which I greatly enjoyed attending, I was pleased to hear about the spring edition of showUP, which takes place on Sunday the 4th and Monday the 5th of February. For those who don’t already know about this fantastic contemporary exhibition for Dutch
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