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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Brand marketers can help reduce coupon misredemption by sharply curtailing or eliminating hard-to-handle coupons, according to an official with the Food Marketing Institute."The hard-to-handle coupons are those that are free...
RIDGEWOOD, N.Y. -- Western Beef here plans to introduce a price-impact store prototype this year in the New York City borough of Queens, Peter Castellana Jr., president, told SN.The format, slated to be 10,000 to 12,000 square feet, would sell a...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Dierbergs Markets here has teamed up with a popular local Chinese restaurant to write a sales success story that keeps getting better.Sales have been climbing at the in-store Chinese restaurant since it opened at the chain's...
DALLAS -- Calling it the first data base of its kind, Information Resources Inc. has launched a program that culls daily produce sales information from 1,800 supermarkets."There's nothing like this in the industry," said Mark Degner, director of...
MAY1-14 CONVENTION "Capturing the Changing Consumer," IMRA Annual Convention, Windham Anatole Hotel, Dallas. Contact: International Mass Retailing Association (703) 841-2300.13-15 DIRECT MARKETING Direct Marketing Association Government Affairs...
Retailers have been quick to unleash a wave of photo specials this spring, featuring not only free second prints, but also private-label film, photo buttons and mugs, and photo transfers to floppy disk."The key to maintaining interest in film and...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here is among the retailers doing some "stuff" to increase its Pepsi sales this year.The chain has taken out newspaper ads and built extensive in-store displays to promote "Pepsi Stuff," a new continuity program that...
Disney will release a full slate of titles over the next few months, including several "Winnie the Pooh" titles and "Aladdin and the King of Thieves." Following is a list of its second-half releases.innie the Pooh" -- Streets July 17, $12.99 SRP...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here and Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine have joined forces to nominate the "MVP," the most valuable parent of the year, in an essay contest sponsored by Quaker Oats, Campbell Soup Co., Ortega and General Mills...