FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 2009 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 9 losers 15 unchanged 0 Whole Food +27.67% A&P +5.69% Supervalu +4.90% MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME Wal-Mart 160,243,227 Target 46,013,955...
SUPREME COURT HEARS WAL-MART CASE OTTAWA Workers from a unionized Wal-Mart store that was shut down by the retailer in 2005 had their case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada last week. The workers, who had won union representation shortly before...
When Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market began opening its U.S. stores, they were viewed as cold and uninviting by some observers. Given the short time Fresh & Easy has been in business, and the fact it does not do any image advertising, the in-store...
Retail store managers who are thoroughly trained to understand the impact they can have on profitability can have a lot of influence over the company's performance, according to Deborah Foster, manager of training and development at Kroger's Co.'s...