Cookies and crackers, for years a mainstay near the center of the store, are moving on up -- to an earlier position in the shopping pattern.That tactic, though still not widely used, is one of the most dramatic changes taking place as a result of...
NEW YORK -- Grand Union Co., Wayne, N.J., has been reincarnated into a "maniacally customer focused" company that is "paranoid about becoming an efficient, low-cost operator," said Chairman Roger Stangeland in a presentation here.Grand Union...
NEW ORLEANS -- Distributors are overtaking suppliers as the prime force driving Efficient Consumer Response, according to the latest ECR Progress Report.Retailers and wholesalers are stepping up their ECR involvement just as manufacturers are...
GRUNDY, Va. -- K-VA-T Food Stores here is in the midst of an aggressive expansion of its video rental and sell-through program.The retailer opened nine new live video departments last year, and plans to open four more in 1996 while expanding a...
NORWALK, Conn. -- Pepperidge Farm here has developed category management programs for the baked goods and cookie and cracker...
NEWARK, Del. -- Just the facts, ma'am.That's what retailers are going to need, if they hope to propel category management into...
NEW YORK -- As benefits from Efficient Consumer Response advances surface, supermarket operators are investing more heavily in...