Completing the Cycle
In their efforts to become more and sustainable, food retailers may wish to take a closer look at the most fundamental part of their business: food. Parade
To Asia With Caution
Stubborn economic and product-safety issues that hurt sell-through of nonfood seasonal imports in 2008 continue to temper retailer expectations for 2009.
Import Shopping Lists
At Bi-Lo, Greenville, S.C., nonfood seasonal imports will continue to be a major contributor, said Brian K. Smith, category manager, seasonal imports
Online Grocers Adjust
The collective activity of online grocers FreshDirect, Peapod, Simon Delivers (now owned by Coborn's) and Amazon suggest that lessons of the past were
E-Connections
What effect will Wal-Mart's posting of thousands of grocery items on its website have on the supermarket industry's online efforts? How will the roiling
Prime Time For Deep Discounters
American consumers, under their greatest financial pressure in recent memory, are reevaluating their shopping trips, basket selections and store destinations.
The Next Hot Switches to OTC
Fourteen prescription drugs that exceeded $20 billion in sales in 2006 may have the potential to go OTC in four years, suggests a new report by Kalorama
OTC: ALLERGY ACTION
To cash in on the popularity of Rx-to-OTC switches, supermarkets gain an edge when they're early to market the new self-care remedies, with visible displays,
The New Science of Pricing
Riesbeck Markets has re-priced, re-assorted and re-signed its stores to successfully blunt the impact of Wal-Mart supercenters that entered its 100-mile-wide
Housewares to Put Focus on Promotions
NEW YORK Supermarket buyers at the upcoming International Home & Housewares Show will see a rejuvenated exhibit area for traffic-lifting continuity, seasonal,
Building a Consensus
Major food industry organizations will press the 110th Congress hard in 2007 to scrutinize and potentially cap dramatic rises in credit and debit card
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