WILTON, Conn. -- Fact-based category management, say many experts, is well-understood by few in the business of fast moving consumer goods and well-practiced by even fewer.Results of a new survey of manufacturers and retailers by Cannondale...
RACINE, Wis. -- Western Publishing Co. here is taking computer software one step closer to consumer packaged goods with the launch this month of a group of educational titles for children under its Step Ahead logo.Best known for its Golden Books...
Price/Costco Comp Sales Off 2% stco here said comparable-warehouse sales fell 2% in the fourth quarter ended Aug. 28, which marked a slight improvement from the previous three quarters.In the 52-week fiscal year, the club-store operator said...
WOODBURY, N.J. -- It's big -- a 220-foot greeting card department that shouts out to customers.Taking the store-within-a-store merchandising approach, Acme Markets intends to beat back the competition with an extensive greeting card selection at...
For independent retailers looking to proceed down the road to Efficient Consumer Response, the best first step may have nothing to do with investing in new systems or technology.Instead, retailers must undertake a careful self-assessment and...
CHICAGO -- E.J. Brach Corp. here has entered into an agreement to acquire Brock Candy Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.The transaction is expected to be completed near the end of October. The new company will be known as Brach & Brock Confections Inc. and...
The most amazing thing about Efficient Consumer Response is not the willingness to re-evaluate nonlevel playing fields, street money, forward buying, diverting and other such assault weapons of trade relations. Wal-Mart gave the supermarket...
In spite of tough loss-leader competition this fourth quarter from other classes of trade, supermarkets expect to hold their own selling big hit video titles.Supermarkets will build on their traffic, frequency of shoppers' visits and convenience...
CINCINNATI -- The ultraconcentrated product trend marches on at Procter & Gamble Co. here, with ultra coffee about to make its debut.P&G said it is offering an Ultra Folgers line of ground coffee to retailers in Evansville, Ind., for a marketing...
Richfood Completes Rotelle Buyhfood Holdings here has completed the acquisition of all the outstanding stock of Rotelle Inc., a Philadelphia-area frozen food distributor.Richfood, as reported, said it would pay $52.8 million cash for the West...