Viewpoints
Earth-Friendly Packaging May Have Grocers Seeing Green
A recent Mintel study reports that more than one-fifth of the close to 18,000 new food products introduced in 2006 made organic or all-natural claims. The “greening” of these items also seems to be permeating the materials used to construct their vessels....
Last Year’s Eventful Days Could Replicate This Year
Are events of early days 2007 destined to replicate, in some form, events of early days 2006? ...
Is Technology Getting in the Way of Customer Service?
In retailing, as in life generally, consumers usually applaud technology for its ability to cut much of the tedium out of many tasks....
Public Acceptance: The Lever That Controls Technology
During the newly concluded holiday period, the Food and Drug Administration issued a tentative finding that the products of some cloned animals are safe for human consumption and that there’s no need to do so much as label cloned animal products....
How Safeway’s Gift Card Venture Caught Investors Off Guard
Financial analyst reports aren’t usually riveting reads, but there was a notable exception after Safeway’s recent conference call that discussed its Blackhawk Network gift card venture....
Reasons Retailers See Better Times in Store for 2007
The good news about the year just closed is that the industry started to stir from a long slumber and move in proactive ways to retain and recapture business that was draining away toward non-conventional retailing formats....
What Comes Next After Generic Drug Price Promotions?
Wal-Mart stirred up a maelstrom of controversy when it launched its $4 generic drug prescription program in September....
Big Themes Developed During 2006, a Successful Year
As was mentioned on this page last week, the annual “Year in Review” is the theme of this week’s SN, which means, of course, it’s time to take a look at what happened in 2006....
Big Themes Developed During 2006, a Successful Year
By David Merrefield
Editorial Director
As was mentioned on this page last week, the annual "Year in Review" is the theme of this week's SN, which means, of course, it's time to take a look at what happened in 2006. ...
Stepping Outside the Ordinary to Build the BusinessStepping Outside the Ordinary to Build the Business
It seems readily apparent that meal-assembly centers and supermarkets could be natural partners, and now something is being done about it....
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