For many years, the mantra at U Connect, the conference sponsored by the standards organizations GS1 US and VICS, has been data accuracy. Conference attendees were constantly warned that without accurate product data, retailers and suppliers would...
Sometimes the biggest competitive challenge is pinpointing exactly who your main rivals are.
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Diabetes afflicts 10% of the U.S. population, and is the sixth-leading cause of death. The condition causes some 30 million visits to the doctor's office or the hospital every year. Nearly everyone knows of someone with diabetes. It is an equal...
This is not a column condemning or lauding Johnson & Johnson or any of their manufacturing practices or brands. It is about communication and trust; and the role of retailers...
When the food industry begins work each week, its participants tend to assume certain laws of the universe will be operative...
A quick look at the list of the world's 25 largest food retailers reveals one obvious disparity between U.S.-based operators and many of their overseas counterparts...
It was easy to become glazed over with the amount of information and statistics presented during the Food Marketing Institute's first Health & Wellness Conference, held in conjunction with FMI 2010 trade show this month...
Retailers are finally getting what they asked for...
