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		<title>Using the Bestsellers magazine guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Denham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Denham uses the Bestsellers Top 100 Magazines in the UK guide to improve his own display. See what he did and learn what you can do too]]></description>
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		<title>How much profit is enough?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Shanagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benchmarking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Convenience store owners are often unsure how much profit is good profit – how does 3p in the pound sound? What’s a good benchmark figure?]]></description>
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		<title>Three reasons why the future isn’t digital</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Shanagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fears about the digital future sweeping over the local shop may be overdone, based on three reports I read this week. Firstly, in an article]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland agrees minimum alcohol price – how will this affect indies?</title>
		<link>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/09/scotland-agrees-minimum-alcohol-price-%e2%80%93-how-will-this-affect-indies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stefan Appleby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once more, the Scottish are leading the way on legislation – showing a potential path for the rest of the UK and taking the bull]]></description>
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		<title>Does the proposed sale of Loaded signal the end of lads’ mags?</title>
		<link>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/09/does-the-proposed-sale-of-loaded-signal-the-end-of-lads%e2%80%99-mags/</link>
		<comments>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/09/does-the-proposed-sale-of-loaded-signal-the-end-of-lads%e2%80%99-mags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise Banham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Mags]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Maxim already gone, and Nuts and Zoo haemorrhaging sales, lads mags seem to be moving aside for health and style mags, says Louise Banham]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t go cheap, go local to attract shoppers</title>
		<link>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/08/dont-go-cheap-go-local-to-attract-shoppers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/08/dont-go-cheap-go-local-to-attract-shoppers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Shanagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benchmarking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Promotion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even if your prices are low, shoppers will assume that they can get the same things cheaper in the supermarkets. While some local shops market]]></description>
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		<title>Battery recycling – are you keeping up?</title>
		<link>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/08/battery-recycling-are-you-keeping-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/08/battery-recycling-are-you-keeping-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Denham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Issues to consider Does your container allow you to see the batteries that have been left? Is the container fire retardant? Do you have a]]></description>
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		<title>“Is she old enough to smoke?” Your chance to win £1,000</title>
		<link>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/08/old-enough-to-smoke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/08/old-enough-to-smoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stefan Appleby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Tobacco Retailers Alliance have a new website and you could win £1000 in cash and carry vouchers if you can tell whether this popstar is old enough to smoke]]></description>
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		<title>Visualise success in your shop</title>
		<link>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/08/visualise-success-in-your-shop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Shanagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benchmarking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Visualising what success looks like is a key way to keep yourself focussed on what you want to achieve. What does the success of your business depend on?]]></description>
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		<title>Magazines still add up for local shops</title>
		<link>http://www.betterretailing.com/2010/08/magazines-still-add-up-for-local-shops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Shanagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Mags]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an unlimited supply and there is no reason why, the Sex Pistols used to sing of the 1970s music industry. What drove sales was]]></description>
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