Rupert Chisholm

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WAL-MART TO LAUNCH CLUBS, SUPERCENTERS
Aug 01, 1994
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores will launch its Sam's Club and Supercenter formats in Brazil and Argentina.Wal-Mart expects to open two Sam's Club units and two Supercenters in Argentina next year and possibly...
SUPER RITE NET CLIMBS ALMOST 50%
Jul 11, 1994
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Super Rite Corp. here reported that earnings increased by nearly 50% during the first quarter ended May 28.For the quarter, income jumped to $3 million, or 32 cents per share, compared with $2...
GAUZE AND EFFECT
Jun 20, 1994
First impressions count. Pharmacists say the food store customer's initial exposure to the pharmacy is likely to be through the first-aid department.By assisting customers with first-aid products, pharmacists can...
BAKERY CHANGES NEAR AT SAM'S, PRICE/COSTCO
May 30, 1994
Changes are on the horizon for the bakery departments of Sam's Club and Price/Costco, the country's two leading wholesale clubs.Sam's is adopting an increasing number of bake-off products while Price/Costco is...
SCHWEPPES SETS ITS SUMMER STRATEGY
May 30, 1994
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Cadbury Beverages here is gearing up for the annual summer soda wars with an in-store sampling campaign and a new data base marketing program linked with a sweepstakes, special events programming...
MICROMARKETING SCORES HIGH IN TEST
May 16, 1994
CHICAGO -- A model category management study sponsored by Nabisco Foods Group and conducted by Cornell University researchers has yielded important results relating micromarketing with sales and profit improvements...
WAKEFERN OPENS PRICERITE IN NEW JERSEY
May 16, 1994
TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. continued its wholesale club experiment by opening another PriceRite miniclub here. Wakefern, a cooperative wholesaler based in Elizabeth, N.J., teamed with retail member...
BRAND LOYALTY STRONGER THAN WAS THOUGHT: STUDY
May 16, 1994
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Recent data generated by Catalina Marketing here suggests that brand switching among consumers is less prevalent than commonly thought.The findings of Checkout Direct -- a time-based household...
WHOLESALE DEPOT IS FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
May 09, 1994
NATICK, Mass. -- Wholesale Depot, an 11-unit chain of miniclubs based here, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.The filing was precipitated by sluggish sales and Wholesale Depot's corresponding inability to...
CLUB TARGET PACKAGING AT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
May 02, 1994
Wholesale clubs are cultivating produce for sales to individual members by providing more consumer-friendly packaging.Produce suppliers -- and their contract packagers -- are being presented with a wish list by clubs...
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