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Kmart last week said it was planning to launch a double-coupon sale next month and was also marking down some food and HBC gift items after the holidays.
The turbulent economy took center stage this year as the inflated cost of living dictated everything from what consumers ate to where they shopped. As Americans put down their restaurant forks and dusted off their cookbooks to make ends meet...
Safeway said it hopes to create a legendary experience for shoppers by redesigning certain departments to better serve customers. After testing 10 departments at single locations, Safeway has integrated all 10 at 100 of its stores across all...
In the mounting frenzy for consumers' shrinking wallet share, retailers have to get even more creative. Forget simply drawing shoppers to your store the most successful strategies in 2009 will also focus on squeezing the tiniest of margin gains by...
A year-end user survey set to be released today by Allrecipes.com revealed that healthy eating concerns trumped saving money for home cooking enthusiasts, and showed that they believe food safety should be the main focus of government’s role...
The economy may be in recession, but consumers are still willing to spend on convenient, healthy foods a trend that has made value-added produce a resilient, growing category. We're continuing to see double-digit growth year over year, said Darvel...
Wal-Mart is leveraging the insights gathered from custom market research to improve the customer experience in its stores, a company executive told attendees at a marketing conference here. The research ranges from a study of shopper segmentation...
Nonfood seasonal imports are usually a margin-dollar bounty for retailers in the fourth quarter. But the economic weakness of 2008, marked by bleak sales forecasts and already weak sales posted in the fall, has supermarkets, wholesalers and import...