Research & Rankings Archive
Shoppers Make Fewer Supermarket Trips: Report
CHICAGO — Shoppers are making more trips to supercenters and dollar stores and cutting back on their supermarket visits, according to the latest Times & Trends report from Information Resources Inc. here. ...
Prepared-Food Display Cases Directory
Online directory for prepared-food display cases...
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....
Study: 35% of ‘Tweens’ Own a Mobile Phone
NEW YORK — A new report, “Kids on the Go: Mobile Usage by U.S. Teens and Tweens,” to be released by Nielsen Mobile, a service of the Nielsen Co., here on Dec. 14, found that 35% of “tweens,” defined as children between the ages of eight and 12, own a mobile phone....
Millennial Consumers Willing to Spend More on Alcoholic Beverages
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Shoppers ages 21-30 are willing to pay a premium for alcoholic beverages, according to a new study by the Nielsen Co. here....
Report: Private Label Could Erode National-Brand Sales
CHICAGO — As major retailers increase their store-brand focus, their efforts could help catapult private label to an unprecedented 24% dollar share by 2016 and result in $55 billion in annual sales going from national brands to private label, according to a McKinsey & Co. report to be discussed tomorrow at the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s annual trade show here....
Consumers Mixed on Organic, Eco-Friendly Products
NEW YORK — Consumer attitudes about natural and organic products, as well as the environment, are decidedly mixed, according to Parade Magazine’s 2007 What America Eats Survey, which is being released today....
Holiday Return Fraud to Hit $3.7 Billion: NRF
WASHINGTON — Loss prevention executives anticipate that nearly 9% (8.93%) of holiday returns will be fraudulent, up slightly from 8.67 percent last year, according to the National Retail Federation’s second annual Return Fraud Survey....
Food Is Main Lure at Costco, Study Says
NEW YORK — Food is the key reason the majority of warehouse-club shoppers in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas choose Costco, according to Katrin Yaghoubi Sosnick, president of Rondeel Research Group here....
San Francisco Shoppers Eating Up Organics
NEW YORK — San Francisco is the U.S. City with the highest percentage of organic consumers among its population (35%), followed by Seattle (32%), Portland (27%), Washington (26%), Denver (26%) and San Diego (24%), according to a new Scarborough Research report....
Consumer Familiarity with Functional Food Benefits at an All-Time High
WASHINGTON — Consumer familiarity with foods that can provide benefits beyond basic nutrition, or functional foods, is at an all-time high, with 92% of Americans now able to name a food and its health benefit, according to the findings of a survey released here yesterday....
POWER 50
There are lots of changes in the new SN Power 50 list, which celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2007. Some of the high and mighty fell a few notches...
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...
