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SWEETWATER, Texas -- Extensive candle sections are brightening general merchandise sales at Lawrence Bros.' Fiesta Food.The chain here moves about 5,000 cases of candles a year to a largely Mexican customer base, said Walter Smith, supervisor of...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Harvest Foods here is seeking to grow general merchandise sales with aggressive year-round price promotions. The chain intends to become a much more forceful general merchandise competitor by cutting prices up to 30% on...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Sam's Club here is reportedly demanding up-front cash payments from suppliers in exchange for the suppliers' rights to continue distributing products to the Pace Membership Warehouse units it acquired last November.The...
Vons Inner-City Unit Is Openeds., Arcadia, Calif., opened an inner-city store here last week as part of its $100 million commitment to build stores in understored urban areas.The 45,000-square-foot conventional supermarket is the first of a...
WESTBURY, N.Y. - Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., has halted the development of a Sam's Club and Wal-Mart store here on Long Island.Company spokesman Trey Baker said construction costs for the combination site were "just too high, so we...