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Kid Cosmic (Netflix, from Tuesday) The brainchild of Emmy-winning animation expert Craig McCracken, who has previously worked on the likes of The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter s Laboratory. At the centre of the story is a little boy who lives with his free-spirited Grandpa in a desert town. The youngster longs to become a hero, and thinks he s found a way of making it happen when he finds some magical stones in a wrecked spaceship. He and his friends set out to use them against an alien invasion, but matters don t go to plan.
Firefly Lane (Netflix, from Wed)
Treat yo’ self to all seven seasons of this mockumentary sitcom classic as it moves to Netflix. Mid-level bureaucrat and eternal optimist Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) wants to make a difference in her small town of Pawnee, Indiana, but there’s endless red tape to deal with first.
Monday 1 February, Netflix
Jill Halfpenny stars as a mother dealing with the disappearance of her son in this new thriller. After he has been missing for nine years, she convinces herself that teenager Daniel is her lost child. But is he? Jonas Armstrong and Rupert Penry-Jones co-star.
Monday 1 to Thursday 4 February, 9pm, Channel 5
Recruiting retailers is a competitive game. And one that generally plays out best in a face-to-face environment.
But coronavirus put an end to all that. No longer could the big symbol and franchise groups rely on trade shows, store visits and face-to-face meetings to tempt new members. Suddenly, operators had to adapt their recruitment plans to an online world.
Replacing the power of annual trade shows, which typically attract thousands of visitors, was no mean feat. Yet nine of the leading 14 fascias managed to hold onto or expand their numbers last year.
The most impressive figures came in from Booker’s Premier and Parfetts Go Local – both of which grew store numbers by 150 – while Londis was also up by more than 100 stores. Meanwhile, Nisa signed up 73 more stores in 2020 than it did the previous year despite the challenges created by the pandemic.
Watch the Retail Industry Awards 2020 Print
26th January 2021
The Retail Industry Awards are taking place this evening – and there is still time to register to see the winners unveiled online in our first-ever virtual ceremony.
The Retail Industry Awards 2020, which reward excellence across a raft of different categories – from the smallest independent stores to the largest of the multiples, are to be hosted by comedian, presenter and journalist Alex Brooker.
th year, was released at the start of September.
Kim Reddick, commercial director of the awards, said: “Of course, we would have loved to be able to meet up in person, but as this is not possible under the current circumstances we hope you will still be able to join us online as we celebrate the best of the best in the UK grocery industry.”
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