It’s anything but old school.
Retailers have updated their approaches to the back-to-school season with innovative offerings for everyone from parents of grade school kids to college freshmen.
With signs t...
In late 2010 SN published a survey that found only 6% of consumers were actively using smartphones while shopping (for lists, coupons, etc).
That result would be unthinkable today.
Consumers are ramping u...
It will be a long second half of 2012 for Supervalu.
The distributor’s announcement earlier this month that it’s reviewing strategic options and considering a possible sale of the company has taken its situati...
Supermarket News launched its power rankings in 2003 with a bit of trepidation. We were concerned about how “The Power 50” would be perceived in an industry whose top executives typically don’t have a reputation f...
There’s big news on the marketing front this summer, with clever food campaigns on themes ranging from nostalgia to sports.
No, I’m not referring to supermarkets, but rather restaurants. They’re hoping to attr...
Hy-Vee’s first in-store bakery was installed in 1957, and the retailer has never looked back. Every new store since then has sported a bakery.
All those decades of success, however, can’t shield any department...
The old, stereotyped image of trading partner relations is that retailers hold most of the cards and manufacturers, especially smaller ones, face considerable costs and other challenges.
You can argue about wh...
We all know alternative retail channels are the arch-enemies of supermarket Center Store sales, right? But which of these types of retailers are the most dangerous competitors?
We’ve asked that question of ret...
Smartphones are miraculous for my generation.
For my 5-year-old daughter’s generation, while these devices may be “awesome,” they are hardly astounding. To them, digital is just part of the landscape and has s...