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The New Face Of Private Label

My friend loves to cook from scratch, and hosts frequent dinner parties to let others sample her delectable creations. Her last gathering was no exception:...

CENTER STORE SNAPSHOT

Supermarkets are improving the shape of Center Store with a healthy dose of natural and organic products and services. Close to 95% of food retailers...

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Sales of private-label frozens are anything but cold. Store-brand frozen prepared food had the largest dollar and unit sales growth of all high-volume...

Shifting Sales?

U.S. private-label dollar share has remained flat over the last 15 years. But a report from McKinsey & Co. said if more retailers replicate efforts by...

Behind the McKinsey Report

Private label could be in store for big growth through 2016: $55 billion to be exact. Before that happens, the private-label landscape needs to change...

Prepared-Food Display Cases Directory

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Online Retailer Satisfaction Slips

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Customer satisfaction with online retailing dipped slightly this holiday season from a year ago, according to a survey released yesterday....

U.S. Shoppers Want Value

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Most U.S. consumers (85%) choose their grocery stores based on whether or not they view it as providing “good value for the money,” according to a Nielsen Co. study....

GMDC Releases Study on Family Caregivers

COLORADO SPRINGS — GMDC, the trade association, based here, representing nonfood in food retailing, has released a study, “Who Cares? Reaching the Family Caregiver Market,” which provides insight into family caregivers, which total an estimated 44.4 million people, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving....

Wal-Mart Does Well in Rating of Online Customer Respect

IPSWICH, Mass. — Wal-Mart Stores scored a 6.8 on a 10-point Customer Respect Index scale compiled for the fourth quarter of 2007 by the Customer Respect Group here, a research and consulting firm that focuses on how corporations treat their online customers....

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