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Product cycles and the economy are having an impact on the razor category, putting pressure on prices that enjoyed greater elasticity earlier in the decade. These circumstances are prompting consumers to give lower-price alternatives a closer look...
Meijer is launching a prescription benefit manager program with strong ties to the retailer's Be Well health and wellness program. The program officially launched last month, but Meijer will start seeing business generated by PBM partner 4D...
Kowalski’s Markets is proposing an idea that will be particularly useful this year in such a tough economy — that its customers make gifts in their own kitchens.
Wegmans Food Markets has joined the growing number of retailers positioning their private labels as an affordable way to weather the economic storm. The retailer is promoting gourmet meals for just $3 a serving. All recipes such as Pan-Seared Pork...
The merchandising services personnel who toil at supermarkets every day are on the front lines of a massive and complex effort to ensure that shelf sets are accurate, promotions are in place and new products are properly cut in. Emerging...
Retailers are hoping to win with The Biggest Loser. While many categories have taken a hit from the economy, a hit TV show that emphasizes health and wellness could provide a sales lift during the traditional sales season for fitness products in...
Here are some category extensions and marketing angles that clinical-strength antiperspirants might have a future stake in: Private Label: Clinical-strength antiperspirants offer private label an opportunity, because they are priced so much higher...
Flowers can cheer people up, and they might just do that in these tough economic times. That's what retailers are banking on this holiday season, but they're not leaving it to chance. They're doing a number of things to remind customers they can...
Clinical-strength antiperspirants are exuding the sweet smell of sales success in supermarkets' health and beauty care departments. In a category that hasn't experienced much sales momentum in recent years, clinical-strength antiperspirants those...