Thrifty to Acquire PayLessDrug Stores here is set to buy the Wilsonville, Ore.-based PayLess Drug Stores chain from Kmart, Troy, Mich., for $1 billion in cash and securities. The combination of 572-store PayLess and Thrifty, with 494 stores, would...
NEW ORLEANS -- Want a trade partner? First, vendors and retailers must take the time to understand each other's business, according to Rex Miller, president of the School and Home Office Products Association. Then real partnering can take place...
On Partnering Pressuresrtant issue in the partnership that exists between vendors and retailers has to do with each fully understanding the pressures and constraints that exist for both."-- Rex Miller, president of the School and Home Office...
WASHINGTON -- With most grocery industry executives aware of the Efficient Consumer Response project, industry leaders now need to better address concerns about implementation, according to a new report.This includes communicating "a dynamic and...
SYDNEY, Australia (FNS) -- An ambitious plan to merge four independent grocery wholesalers in Australia collapsed late last...
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The electronic landscape within the typical U.S. household is in for some dramatic changes in the...
ATLANTA -- The GMA-FMI Joint Industry Coupon Committee is expected to approve an extended version of the UCC/ EAN-128 code for...