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Entertainment marketing keeps getting more creative and more sophisticated. Brand marketers can gain incremental sales by hooking up with the right property at the right time and in the right place. More than ever, the right place is at retail. As...
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Vons Cos. here looked to score big with its core shoppers with a Super Bowl promotion through which consumers received free groceries just in time for the big game.In the promotion, Vons Club and Pavilions ValuePlus Club members...
HIGHLAND, Ind. -- Health and beauty care sales increased 12% at a Strack & Van Til unit after 500 retail prices were reduced to match Wal-Mart and Target's pricing. The HBC volume was boosted at a 90,000-square-foot Lansing, Mich., Cub Foods...
Shoppers snatching the advertised pasta and tomato sauce off an endcap likely will have to push their carts down an aisle to get olive oil.Despite the commodity's rising popularity, continued price hikes have tarnished its luster as a promotional...
The kid's novelty category can be compared to a teen trying to establish his or her identity.Retailers have different opinions on where and how to merchandise this small but profitable segment. Its items are often relegated to shippers strewn...
LOS ANGELES -- "Rent-A-Kid," a comedy from Republic Pictures here, surpassed expectations for its Dec. 19 direct-to-video release when retailers ordered almost 50,000 units, said Robert Sigman, chief executive officer and president. The movie...
ATLANTA -- Kroger's division here promoted a branded potato as a healthy eating alternative in a full-page advertisement.ure of a baked potato.The ad went on to promote Nature's Light Potatoes, which are grown and shipped by Nature's Light, a...
TORRANCE, Calif. -- Bristol Farms, a four-unit gourmet food retailer here, recently opened one new store and plans to build at least two more.The new store opened in Woodland Hills, Calif., said Louis Kwicker, chairman and chief executive officer...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's here is accelerating the rate of bank branch installations with plans to more than triple the number of stores offering the service.'s stores. The branches, most of which occupy about 400 square feet and are similar in...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Interactivity features of Price Chopper Supermarkets' World Wide Web site will be enhanced when the chain activates direct links between recipes and home shopping and delivery services.Recipes published in the chain's Chopper...