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It’s that time of year again, when projections of rapid growth in online holiday sales spill out like toys from an overstuffed Santa sack.
About a quarter of all holiday shoppers will spend more via the Internet this year than they will in...
CHICAGO — J. Sainsbury gives men good reason to go grocery shopping: They can watch sports.
The U.K. supermarket chain is testing shopping carts that come with a tilting iPad dock. Under a partnership with Sky television, shoppers who brin...
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. and Wal-Mart Stores were the only food retailers among 19 companies given a 2012 Excellence in Philanthropy Award from the American Cancer Society.
The honor is given to corporations that have provided $1 million or...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dollar Tree here said adjusted earnings improved by 12.2% in the third quarter while the company saw comparable-store sales improve by 1.6%.
Bob Sasser, president and chief executive officer, said sales were pressured as ...
CHICAGO — IGA here said it has donated more than $265,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project as a result of its second annual IGA Exclusive Brand national marketing initiative that ran between Memorial Day and Labor Day — more than twice as much a...
CINCINNATI — Kroger on Thursday said it would buy all the outstanding shares of Axium Pharmacy Holdings, a move that will allow Kroger to enter the high-growth specialty pharmacy business.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Axium, bas...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer has announced the winners of its “Meijer Next Great Toymaker" contest, an opportunity for small toy companies and entrepreneurs in the United States with 50 employees or less to feature products on Meijer.com for a...
WASHINGTON — The Food Marketing Institute, Grocery Manufacturers Association and National Grocers Association released free guidelines designed to promote model practices in digital couponing and reduce the incidence of coupon fraud.
Produ...