We’re asking for your help in completing our National Living Wage survey and I hope and expect we’ll get a strong response from retailers because it’s the biggest financial issue facing our sector. How do we cope with our biggest cost rising by over 4% per year, above inflation and the growth rates in this (and pretty much any) sector? We really need to hear from you about the impact on your business.
Elisabeth von Reitzenstein works at Independent Retail Europe in the Public Affairs team as a Senior Advisor. She has been working there since June 2012. She covers certain policy files in areas such as consumer affairs (e.g. product safety, data protection), environment (e.g. sustainability, circular economy, energy efficiency labelling, ecodesign), the Digital Single Market, payment systems, legislation for non-food products and for 'sensitive products' (e.g. alcohol, tobacco, sugar) and SME policy. She is also responsible for Communications at Independent Retail Europe.
Hidenori lives in Tokyo and is married with 3 children. He majored in Population Economics at Nihon University, Tokyo. In addition to his current Family Mart role as Corporate Social Responsibility Manager Japan he is a lecturer in Industry and Corporation at Kokushikan University in Tokyo. He enjoys playing golf and running marathons.
Present: CSR Manager, CSR Department FamilyMart UNY Holdings Co.,Ltd.
2013 - March 2017: Executive Vice President, Philippines
There's been a lot of debate recently about the sale of energy drinks to children. It's interesting to see the dynamics of this issue: Jamie Oliver, buoyed by his success in persuading the government to introduce a levy on sugary drinks, has now turned his sights directly to the retailers who sell high caffeine drinks. How do you, as a retailer, and we, as a trade body, respond to such a campaign?
As WIRED’s Executive Editor, a keynote speaker and brand consultant, he evaluates the qualities of new products and their impact on established markets and industries, relating this to how organisations can improve their own designs and adopt innovative thinking ahead of future threats and opportunities.
We had a really great day in Cardiff last week, launching the Welsh Local Shop Report which gives all the facts and figures on the contribution that our members make to communities and the economy in Wales. It’s a really positive story: more store per head than any other part of the UK, 25,000 jobs, £49m of investment, and a higher proportion of that going into providing essential services like post offices and free-to-use ATMs.
PageGroup employs over 6,000 people in 36 countries and reported a gross profit of over £700m in 2017. The three core PageGroup brands are made up of specialised recruitment teams that operate across 25 disciplines from actuarial to technology. The Michael Page team specialise in the recruitment of temporary, contract and permanent roles typically at second and third job level upwards. Page Personnel is a recruitment partner for businesses requiring clerical support.
Throughout the past twenty years, Polymer Logistics has worked to create an extensive portfolio of multi-purpose, one-touch, returnable RRP options to meet the full range of our clients' needs. Our uniqueness derives from taking both a product and solutions approach enhanced by invaluable input from our pool operators. This multi-faceted approach feeds our innovation, and results in well-designed, robust, and long-lasting products.
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