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Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, yesterday began allowing shoppers to sign up for an exclusive email preview of more than 30 holiday items available the day after Thanksgiving by texting “GO” to sams1 (72671).
Operating a successful supermarket floral department requires retailers to know their shoppers well, according to Pamela Smith, the director of marketing for Miami-based Nature's Flowers and speaker at this year's Floral Solutions Workshop at the...
A&P's newest fresh store prototype, introduced late last month in Park Ridge, N.J., has quickly become a template for new strategies in perimeter departments, Center Store and retail decor, according to the chain's executives. The new unit not...
Pathmark, a chain long identified by sharp pricing in the grocery aisles, is fine-tuning a more upscale format in the period leading up to its expected acquisition by A&P. The result brings touches of Cipriani to a chain better known for basic...
Safeway believes its corporate strategy combining a series of initiatives to create a national brand, regardless of banner will ensure its long-term success. With the strategy we have in place, I think Safeway has become a perpetual-growth machine...
CAPPIELLO DAIRIES APPOINTS GIACOLETTO F. Cappiello Dairies has named Dan M. Giacoletto to a newly created position, director of sales and marketing. Giacoletto will be instrumental in helping the company, which specializes in Italian-style cheeses...
Peter Larkin, president and chief executive officer of the California Grocers Association since mid-1996, said yesterday he plans to resign in December to establish his own consulting business.