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Whole Foods Market's Cherry Creek store is more than doubling its sales of iced teas marketed by the unit's ready-to-drink-tea share leader, Sweet Leaf Tea, with a series of sampling events hosted once or twice weekly. They're selling pretty darn...
At a Hy-Vee unit, apples are a standout no matter what the season, and sales just keep climbing. The store's produce manager, Greg Kimmel, said it's happening because Hy-Vee corporate allows him and his team to use their creativity to sell apples...
Giant Eagle this month went after multiple DVD sales by tying in the sale with a broad array of titles to its popular fuel reward program. In a promotion that was advertised in both its weekly circular and an email, the retailer offered customers...
FOOTE OUT, LEIGHTON IN AS LOBLAW PRESIDENT TORONTO Mark Foote, the veteran Canadian merchant brought in to help Loblaw Cos. pull out of a rut two years ago, left his role as president and chief merchandising officer of the company effective last...
Digital photo cards and gifts are a relatively new offering in grocery stores, and one that does not seem to be cannibalizing sales of traditional greeting cards. Bashas', Chandler, Ariz., plans to invest in digital photo technology for the 2008...
Relevance is everything when it comes to growing the greeting card category. One example of how the social expression industry is staying connected in a digital, wireless world can be seen in supermarket card aisles this Mother's Day, May 11, when...
The subprime mortgage crisis has come to roost for retailers relying on new stores for growth. The slowdown in home sales has slowed migrations to places like Florida, which for years was a sizzling market for new homes and the retailers who...