CHICAGO -- With more than five years of experience with customer business teams under its belt, Helene Curtis USA here has found the system to be incompatible with old-style "lone wolf" sales representatives.Today, team leaders at Helene Curtis...
ROSWELL, Ga. -- Harry's Farmers Market here closed its problematic megastore in Clayton County last week.The move is the latest in a series of setbacks for the chain.Opened in May, the Clayton County store continuously incurred higher-than...
SAN DIEGO -- Interest in Asian and other ethnic foods is making some variety items ripe for exploitation in produce departments, according to research from a firm that tracks consumer eating habits.That interest is changing the way Americans eat...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores here has begun accepting the American Express charge card.purchases using the Optima credit card.Wal-Mart stores began accepting the payment options Nov. 1.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- In its first environmentally oriented supercenter, Wal-Mart Stores here is testing energy-efficient lighting and climate control systems that will soon be rolled out to other stores.Energy-saving measures at the 204,700-square...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Rentrak Corp. here has consolidated all of its video retailing operations under one new company, Blowout Entertainment.The new entity, headquartered in Effingham, Ill., now operates 155 video rental departments in supermarkets...
PHILADELPHIA -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., plans to equip all existing and future supercenters with in-store banks.The retailer will install bank branches in more than 100 supercenters scheduled to open in 1996. About half of Wal-Mart's...
SN REPORTK -- Is a 30% market-share solution in the cards for Super Kmart Centers, or is it an impossible dream?As reported last week, Dennis Carter, vice president of food at Super Kmart, Troy, Mich., told an industry group that supercenter...
TYLER, Texas -- Brookshire Grocery Co. here will introduce chainwide a kitchen gadget line from Bradshaw International, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in January.The program replaces a private-label line supplied by a service merchandiser in a cross...
NORTH TAZEWELL, Va. -- Acme Markets of Virginia completes the rollout this month of a greatly expanded nonfood private-label line.In August, 150 stockkeeping units under the Select Brands label was introduced to the retailer's 11 stores. The...