The past year has been a whirlwind period for trading partner collaboration, and 2013 is already shaping up as a year in which new initiatives will accelerate the activity.
A number of successful collaborative...
It turns out your biggest challenge isn’t shoppers who complain, but those who don’t.
A report late last year from PricewaterhouseCoopers made this clear, and it’s worth taking a closer look.
Here’s how we...
Safeway’s announcement last week that Steve Burd will be retiring in May as chairman and CEO is a big deal for the company and the industry.
How big? For anyone who isn’t an industry veteran of more than 20 ye...
The most recent general merchandise exploits read like a mystery thriller. Sort of like “The Da Vinci Code” with a GM spin.
A squeezed GM sector in the food channel, accounting for more than $30B in annual sal...
Tesco’s decision this month to explore alternatives for troubled Fresh & Easy was the culmination of a remarkably long decline for a venture that, a few may recall, once frightened U.S. retailers.
For a short ...
SN editors have a secret this time of year.
They worry a lot about our annual Hall of Fame picks, in particular the choices involving active leaders. That’s because Hall of Fame is a career honor, and the book...
There’s one fact every retailer knows about social media: that everyone seems to be doing it differently.
One of the more interesting approaches is taking shape in a vibrant operation at Hy-Vee headquarters in...
Once upon a time you read news and information.
Today it’s still about reading, but also viewing, sharing, linking, blogging, Tweeting, responding and more.
SN is at the forefront of these new media direc...
This 35th anniversary year of Food Marketing Institute is nearing its close, so it’s a good time to revisit one of the articles I most enjoyed writing at Supermarket News: a 1997 piece at the time of FMI’s 20th an...
Katrina. Ike. Irene.
Now we can add Sandy to the list of recent storms that have devastated sections of the U.S.
Each one has challenged communities and tested supermarkets, as they became focal points of ...