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FT - Top Indies dinner 2022

Positive outlook for Top 50 Indies as latest listing revealed

2022-03-02T15:21:00+00:00

The Top 50 Indies continue to expand and thrive, as the challenges of the past two years and the emerging transition to electric vehicles has failed to dent their positive outlook, according to the latest listing of the UK’s biggest independent retailers.

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More shoppers visit c-stores as spend increases, says latest Lumina data

2021-11-05T15:52:00+00:00

The proportion of shoppers visiting convenience stores has increased, with planned top-up being the main mission, according to the latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Convenience Tracking Programme.

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Top indie retailers reveal positive outlook despite uncertainty over alternative fuels

2021-09-03T13:48:00+01:00By Merril Boulton

The majority of the biggest independent forecourt operators describe the current trading environment as positive, despite being uncertain about the future of alternative fuels, according to the latest research by Lumina Intelligence, revealed at this week’s Top 50 Indies dinner.

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A decade to recoup cost of EV purchase is putting motorists off making the switch, says Which?

2021-08-02T11:54:00+01:00By Merril Boulton

Motorists are being put off switching from petrol to electric vehicles by the upfront costs, according to Which? research, as new analysis from the consumer champion reveals it could take drivers up to a decade to recoup their extra initial outlay.

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One-in-five convenience purchases made in HFSS-restricted locations

2021-07-26T12:16:00+01:00By Merril Boulton

Nearly 20% of products purchased within convenience stores are picked up from areas that face HFSS restrictions, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Convenience Market Report 2021. 

Top 50 Indies 2021

Top 50 Indies 2021: The UK’s Top 50 Independent Petrol Retailers

2021-03-03T21:12:00+00:00

Welcome to the latest Top 50 Indies report and an update on the UK’s biggest independent forecourt operators.

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Delivery service potential for convenience stores, revealed by HIM & MCA Insight report

2020-07-14T17:06:00+01:00By Merril Boulton

Seven in 10 consumers plan on using convenience store delivery services more in the future, however over half admit that they are unaware of its availability to them, according to the new HIM & MCA Insight UK On Demand Convenience Market Report 2020.

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Positive outlook for forecourts in latest Fuel Market Review

2020-06-08T14:36:00+01:00By Merril Boulton

The forecourt sector has shown it can adapt and is likely to come out of the crisis in better shape than many others, according to Arthur Renshaw, UK & Ireland manager for Experian Catalist, writing in the latest Fuel Market Review in the June digital issue of Forecourt Trader.

Investing to grow

2020-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

The UK’s biggest independent fuel retailers were out in force last month at The Belfry Hotel in Sutton Coldfield at the official dinner to launch the publication of Forecourt Trader’s latest listing of the UK’s biggest independent dealers. Highlights from the listing were revealed by managing director of Forecourt Trader, ...

Major brands fuel growth

2019-06-07T00:00:00+01:00

It has been a good 12 months for the dealer sector in the UK. All the fuel suppliers are fighting for dealer business with even the major brands seemingly happy to brand the small- to medium-size dealer sites they have largely ignored in the past. Oil companies have also been ...

Change for the better

2018-06-07T00:00:00+01:00

This year the top-level numbers would suggest that the forecourt sector has been fairly quiet over the past 12 months with the number of open sites being only three fewer than last year. However, you only need to scratch the surface to see that there have been a lot of ...

Essential roadside services

2017-11-13T00:00:00+00:00

New research from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has shown the essential contribution that the UK’s petrol forecourts make to the economy, to working people and to communities.

FUEL MARKET REVIEW: Dealers taking over

2015-06-11T00:00:00+01:00

Continuing on from last year’s Fuel Market Review all the signs continue to be positive for the retail forecourt sector in the UK.

New fuel for growth

2014-07-12T00:00:00+01:00

One of the most striking trends highlighted by HIM’s report is the decline in the importance of fuel to forecourts, with the proportion of customers who buy only fuel falling from 52% in 2011 to 37% in 2014, and 13% of shoppers at forecourt stores don’t even have a car.Blake ...

Reversing the trend

2014-06-09T00:00:00+01:00

In 1966 when England last won the World Cup there were close to 40,000 open forecourts in the UK. The numbers have declined every single year since then and the question a few years ago was "how low will we go?"

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