ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here said last week its U.S. headquarters, currently located in Atlanta, will move to the Washington area at the end of this summer. "The move from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., is a logical step," said Robert Tobin...
NEW YORK -- As predicted by analysts, Viacom here released first-quarter financials late last month that showed Blockbuster Entertainment, Dallas, had a 13% decline in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization despite a 20%...
NAPLES, Fla. -- Kroger's recent acquisition of Fred Meyer and subsequent growth in size is the biggest event in private branding in the last decade, according to Mark Husson, senior food retailing analyst at Merrill Lynch, New York.Husson, who...
The days of justifying a materials-handling investment simply because the technology is "crucial" to supply-chain operations are waning, according to distribution executives. Retailers and wholesalers now need to be able to document where and how...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Tops Friendly Markets here continues to roll out permanent in-line video sell-through sections to its new and remodeled stores.The Ahold division's latest section is in a remodeled store in Fairview Park, Ohio, a Finast Friendly...
Asians constitute one of the fastest-growing ethnic segments in the United States today, and retailers with strong produce programs are finding a whole new category to promote. Merchandised correctly, items used in the diets of the Far East can...
MONTREAL (FNS) -- Quebec's largest convenience-store chain is about to swallow its Ontario-based rival and become one of the Top 10 operators in North America. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. here has offered to buy Toronto-based Silcorp Ltd. for ...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Rite Aid Corp., Harrisburg, Pa., reached an agreement to settle a probe by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy here into a series of consumer complaints. The complaints included poorly trained and unsupervised staff and improper...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Independents are finding that battling supercenters and other alternative formats isn't as complicated as they might have thought.Panelists in a session at the National Grocers Association convention here said focusing on basic...
CHICAGO -- An informal survey of exhibitors at the nineteenth annual PLMA show held here last month turned up some new partnerships between vendors and retailers.For example, Tetley USA's private-label division, based in Marietta, Ga., will be...