Kelly Gates

REUSABLE BAGS AND BOTTLES have become popular expressions of green spirit. Supermarkets both give away and sell them, and customers have eagerly adopted them as sustainable options to plastic. The problem is they can turn green themselves.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets has fine-tuned its charitable programs to create better efficiencies, enhance its image with shoppers and reduce labor costs.

Retailers of books and magazines face competition from those peddling digital versions of these publications.

Retailers are boosting sales of ‘better-for-you’ gum by merchandising it beside healthy ingredients.

To appeal to a multicultural shopper base, meat departments are offering more product information and meat cuts typically used in ethnic recipes.

While dietitians stress that whole foods are best, vitamins and supplements gain momentum in supermarkets.

Marketing to Hispanic consumers is no longer a one-dimensional practice. First-generation shoppers in this ethnic group should be addressed differently