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The Retail Industry Leader Association (RILA) said that it welcomes U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's comments before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, in which he acknowledged that organized retail crime (ORC) is a national problem and a...
In testimony yesterday before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, Jeffrey Brown, president and chief executive officer, Brown’s Super Stores, Westville, N.J., offered suggestions...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Nydia Velázquez, both Democrats from New York, are introducing bills that would help build as many as 2,100 supermarkets in high-need areas across the country through $1 billion in loans and grants.
WASHINGTON — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association both support the implementation of a nationwide electronic tracking system for over-the-counter sales of cold and allergy medicines...
NEW YORK Supermarkets with heavily unionized workforces may face tougher contract talks over the next few years as health care reforms are implemented, according to a report issued last week by Morgan Stanley here. The Patient Protection and...
WASHINGTON While the prospect for labor-law reform through the Employee Free Choice Act appears to have subsided, new concern is arising as a result of President Obama's newest appointee to the National Labor Relations Board. Business groups...
A Colorado bill that would permit supermarkets to sell full-strength beer, wine and hard liquor if they purchase two liquor stores within 1,000 feet was backed by the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on a 6-5 vote April 7, according to...
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. here on Monday said it expects its tax expense for this year to be $1.5 million to $2 million higher than a year ago because it can no longer deduct expenses for providing certain prescription drug...
BALTIMORE Police raids of 35 locations in Baltimore County late last month including pawn shops, residences and warehouses turned up about $22 million in stolen retail merchandise and resulted in 15 arrests in what may be one of the nation's...
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Merchants Payments Coalition, representing 2.7 million U.S. businesses, lauded the unanimous passage by the Vermont Senate of a bill that would rein in credit card interchange fees.