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Pert Plus, marketed by Innovative Brands here, encompasses some trends taking place in personal care segments. While regular shampoo sales are down 5.2% in supermarkets, Pert Plus is reported to be up 8% in dollar sales and 9% in units in all...
Food Lion will soon begin piloting a convenience/prepared meal aisle in 17 stores, SN has learned. Rather than pair foods by category, such as microwave chili with canned chili, the retailer will test sets within a single Center Store aisle that...
Whoops. Dollar Tree Stores has ended its experiment with price points that were not $1 or less. We called it , and the strategy was, Oops, we know this isn't $1 but it's too good to pass up, explained Bob Sasser, president and chief executive...
Retailers promoted fully prepared luxury dinners for two at value prices for Valentine's Day, but sales were slightly disappointing, several told SN. Meat departments, on the other hand, did better with specially priced steaks and seafood...
Sales of organic food are not falling. Let's just say growth is slowing. The distinction is critical to organic food supporters, who have witnessed skyrocketing category growth wither in the onslaught of the recession. Sales of UPC-coded, branded...
Prepared food departments puzzling over ways to build their breakfast business might take comfort in the fact that they are not alone. Restaurant owners face a similar set of challenges during the morning daypart. Basically, diners want different...
The high basket rings that accompany wine sales make it a business most food retailers want to be in. The problem is, legislators don't always agree. But that hasn't stopped retailer groups from pressing ahead in their quest to position their...
Three-quarters of surveyed retailers and 58% of consumer product manufacturers rank consumer centricity as a top-three success factor, according to a new survey sponsored by DemandTec and Toronto-based Precima and conducted by IDC Global Retail...