SPARTAN LOOKS FOR IMPROVED RETURNS
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Spartan Stores here said it has completed the installation of a new software system designed to increase productivity at its Charlotte,
CURVES AHEAD
Watch out! Dangerous curves may be lurking ahead in the arena of new technologies and philosophies being used in store design.Food retailers, including
SCAN-BASED TRADING
While some chains are rapidly expanding their scan-based trading programs, others are still taking a wait-and-see approach.After years of tests on scan-based
INVASION OF THE GROUCHY GREEN GUYS
Grocers are dreaming of a green Christmas.With the box-office smash "Shrek" hitting store shelves Nov. 2 and "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
SCARY MOVIES
With studios stirring up a potent cauldron full of horror films and thrillers, many of them newly issued on DVD, the Halloween sell-through market looks
REINVENTING CONVENIENCE
DALLAS -- For 7-Eleven, the battle to grab the dashboard-dining crowd has never been tougher.With convenience-store mainstays like the gasoline market
THE MAIN STRIP
Merchandising strips -- those space-saving displays that often dangle throughout retail -- are increasingly seen as a profit-building alternative to floor
TIE-INS UNRAVEL
Video cross promotion continues to be an elusive goal for some supermarket specialists, hindered by the organizational difficulties such merchandising
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