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The quality of fresh foods can make or break a conventional store, and the same holds true for online retailers.When shoppers cannot see, touch or smell the food, it's especially important for online retailers to make a good first impression - in...
NEW YORK - Safeway is "evaluating the future" of its relationship with Tesco in an online marketing venture, Brian Cornell, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for the Pleasanton, Calif.-based chain, told an investors conference...
UNIFORMITY FOR FOOD ACT POISED TO PASS HOUSEfloor debate, Congress last week appeared ready to pass the "National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005," a bill that would supersede about 200 state-specific food safety laws and give the Food and Drug...
Here's a useful exercise: Once a week stop thinking about restaurants as competitors that take customers from supermarkets and have little else in common with their grocer cousins. Instead, consider that the two types of businesses face strikingly...
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Prepaid gift card purchases are on the rise, according to many recent surveys, and retailers like Bashas', Giant Eagle, Kroger, Food Lion and Walgreens are rolling out new program features in hopes of capturing increased gift...
About the StudyII of SN's annual Survey of Manufacturer Promotional Practices.Results are based on an online poll of 102 primary household shoppers. The survey was developed and commissioned by SN and executed last month by InsightExpress, a...
STUDY: RETAILERS HURT BY ONLINE SMOKES SALESgal Internet cigarette sales are falling short, and retailers and distributors are losing sales as a result, the American Wholesale Marketers Association concluded as a result of a study. Prompted by...
NEW PATHMARK STORES CEO TO RECEIVE $900,000 SALARYointed chief executive officer of Pathmark Stores here, will receive an annual base salary of $900,000 and will have a target annual bonus of 100% of his salary, the retailer said in a Securities...
QUINCY, Mass. -- Little is known about supermarket shoppers who go online to view stores' weekly specials and how numerous they are, but more and more retailers believe they need a Web-based circular to compete.Ahold USA's Stop & Shop here...
NEW YORK -- Mass and specialty retailers will remain a strong channel for video game software sales, but third-party software publishers are eyeing rapid developments in online and mobile gaming to provide incremental revenue streams for their...