Supermarkets are getting strong playback in profits through the incremental sales of blank video and audio tapes.Special-event broadcasts such as the Winter Olympics, personal occasions such as birthdays and anniversaries, and major holidays all...
WOMELSDORF, Pa. -- The deli department at Boyer's Supervalu here took merchandising to new lengths on Super Bowl Sunday.A nine-member team of employees built a 100-foot submarine sandwich in view of customers and then proceeded to sell it by the...
SAN ANTONIO -- A major battle in the Alamo city is intensifying and may pose one of the strongest assaults ever on H-E-B Grocery Co.'s hometown dominance.The latest maneuver occurred this month when Megafoods Stores signed a letter of intent to...
NEW YORK -- Brand marketers undertaking chain-specific promotions with retailers can help stores increase dollar sales, maximize gross profit, increase transactions, transaction size and increase store traffic, according to a Coca-Cola executive...
GLEN BURNIE, Md. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., has acquired the former Leedmark hypermarket here and will use two-thirds of the space for a Wal-Mart discount store.in a 65,000-square-foot section of the building. Wal-Mart will use about...
BURBANK, Calif. -- Walt Disney Home Video will release "The Return of Jafar," an "Aladdin" sequel made for home video, on May 20. The 66-minute title prebooks on April 5 and will carry a suggested retail price of $22.99, with a minimum advertised...
There are three truths you should know about account-specific business marketing:1. It's a prerequisite for survival in the consumer packaged goods industry today.2. Your competitors are already doing it and your customers already expect you to be...
ATLANTA -- The arrival of a supercenter doesn't have to mean a death knell for the independent supermarket.Speakers at the National Grocers Association's annual convention here last week outlined a prescription that independents can use to...
Target Sets Supercenter Testdivision of Dayton Hudson here, will test a supercenter format with a discount department store and full-line grocery operation."Supercenters are still in the developmental stage, but we have plans for a small-scale...
A growing number of retailers are rejecting products or levying hefty chargebacks when universal product codes don't scan on the first trip through the checkout. At Kmart, checkout registers now record which products don't scan on the first pass...
