Data Points

A report analyzing the risk factors cited by retailers in their filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission found that concerns about fuel prices and privacy breaches have increased in 2012....More

Coupon redemption for CPGs increased 6.1% in 2011, to about 3.5 billion coupons redeemed, despite a decline in distribution, according to a report from Inmar, a company that operates collaborative commerce networks....More

The Easter holiday is a big sales driver for food retailers, but much of the incremental gains take place outside the seasonal aisle, according to data provided to SN by RetailNext....More

As food retailers prepare for the spring and summer holidays, a look back at last year’s trends reveals that traditional supermarkets overall cut down on the number of fliers they mailed during the season, while increasing the number of pages per flier, according to a recent MarketTrack report....More

More than a third (36%) of smartphone-carrying shoppers said they have used their smartphones to scan a product’s bar code to get additional information while shopping, such as pricing, product reviews and nutritional information, according to a survey of 1,027 shoppers with smartphones conducted last month....More