Glynn Davis

London

Founder and Editor at Retail Insider

Business Writer - covering the retail industry along with pubs, beer and restaurants. Founder of https://t.co/BBrTb75W31 and https://t.co/tOuAY2d0Ld

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Articles

Review: The Future of the High Street

1 week ago | theretailbulletin.com | Glynn Davis

GENERAL MERCHANDISE NEWS High streets are under great pressure from many forces that is driving a doom-laden narrative about their impending death but this is thankfully being offset by an increasing recognition of the vital role they play in local communities, which is fuelling optimism about their future.
Good things come in small glasses

1 week ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

While enjoying a beer in the Horse & Groom in Belgravia, another male customer walked in and ordered a bottle of 4.5% lager while his female partner went for a 250ml glass of wine. The exercise was repeated for the next round, with the result that he had consumed a modest three units of alcohol while she had downed a hefty 6.5 units. I’ve seen a similar occurrence occur on other occasions. The upshot is that she has consumed almost half the weekly recommended consumption of alcohol for women.
Protecting employees and customers

1 week ago | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Employee safety has risen up the agenda of all retailers in recent years on the back of shocking levels of shoplifting and aggressive criminality in physical stores, which is leading to increased investment by retailers in technology and other solutions to reduce the risks to front-line staff.
Desert Island Pubs - Simon Wilkinson, board director at Evolv Collection and TGI Fridays

1 week ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

1. Earliest memory of a pub you can recall? My parents were pub people, every night after my Dad finished work circa 5:20pm we went for two hours pre the evening meal. Most pubs did not allow children in so me and my older brothers spent many an hour in a car with a bottle of Coke and packet of crisps. The first memory inside a pub was in The Lidget in Great Harwood near Blackburn. Racing was on the TV in a smoke-filled tap room with men playing crib and/or shove ha’penny.
Comment: Electronic shelf-edge labels finally an overnight success

1 week ago | theretailbulletin.com | Glynn Davis

GENERAL MERCHANDISE NEWS Electronic shelf-edge labels (ESLs) have been around for about 30 years but only now is their value becoming more fully appreciated as they are starting to have a major impact on more efficiently running stores. One of the more impressive shops to use them is Kavanaghs grocery store in North London that is very much a test bed for the technology – supplied by VusionGroup in this case – with 7,200 ESLs scattered across a shop stocking around 8,000 products.
Brewing up history and modernity

2 weeks ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Visiting Barcelona for tours around the enormous modern Damm facility at the El Prat brewery next to the airport and then the original Old Brewery in the centre of the city, the two experiences could not have been more different. In the former the use of cameras and filming devices is strictly off limits for visitors while at the latter it is actively encouraged.
Book Review - ‘The Firkin Saga’ by David Bruce

2 weeks ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Back in 2001 I was enjoying breakfast with pub wizard David Bruce at Simpson’s on the Strand when he told me about his latest venture the Capital Pub Company that was fundraising at the time. But he deterred me from investing a few quid in it because as an impoverished journalist I would not benefit from the tax perks given to high-rate tax payers. Needless to say it was a massive success and I’d have been well in the money without any tax breaks.
Smaller brewers need relief

2 weeks ago | beerinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Visiting Battersea Beer festival in 1987-88 was a revelation for all drinkers present that year because it was the first time a truly golden ale had been produced in the UK. Exmoor Gold from Exmoor Ales in Somerset created a buzz in south west London because it was a lip-smacking departure from the ubiquitous brown ales at that time.
Comment: Digital-first no longer the winning strategy

3 weeks ago | theretailbulletin.com | Glynn Davis

GENERAL MERCHANDISE NEWS Customer-centricity has been bandied around for years but it has all too often been based around a data-driven, digital-first approach that has often had the objective of stripping-out friction. In the physical space this has frequently involved getting people in and out the door as fast as possible. Whether that is through self-checkouts, just-walk-out technology models or kiosks it has contributed to an epidemic in de-humanising retail.
The best ways to streamline workforce management

3 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Glynn Davis

From rotas to sales forecasts, hospitality businesses are saving costs and satisfying employees by deploying advanced staff management software. Glynn Davis finds out how Managing labour costs remains at the top of the agenda for all hospitality companies but many organisations are still operating with antiquated labour scheduling systems that are failing to deliver the necessary efficiencies and flexibility.