CHICAGO -- Brand marketers can effectively use national events customized to the individual retailer as a vehicle to build sales, according to officials from Nestle and one of its advertising agencies."There is a belief that national promotions...
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Reacting to high profit and sales opportunities offered by pet care, United Supermarkets has expanded its pet accessory departments and reports a 10% to 20% boost in category sales.The expanded sections, designed to create a pet...
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- SofSource, a desktop software publisher, reported that more and more supermarkets and other retail channels are converting to permanent in-line software programs at the rate of 500 sites per month.Paul Jacobson, founder and...
CINCINNATI -- In a move to put the right information into the hands of category managers and other key personnel, Kroger Co. here is implementing a client-server computer platform at its headquarters and divisional-level offices.The system will be...
SWEETWATER, Texas -- Lawrence Management Services here is giving added exposure to its Marquee health and beauty care private label by double-facing selected items at its IGA and Fiesta Foods' stores.The double facings of Marquee items, set...
ATLANTA -- Kroger Co., Cincinnati, ran a 40%-off sale on L'eggs full line of hosiery at its metro stores here, with full-page ads announcing the discounts.Retails on the hosiery line fell to $1.25 to $2.39, down from regular prices of $2.09 to $3...
OLEAN, N.Y. -- Olean Wholesale Grocery Co-Op here has reported a 10% increase in its nonfood volume due to aggressive price promotions by its 130 food retailers.The impact of mass merchandisers in the upstate New York region has resulted in Olean...
At a time when supermarket margins, dollar volume and unit sales in health and beauty care are under siege by mass merchant competition, private label has become the strongest weapon for fighting back.Retailers polled by SN said by putting muscle...
WASHINGTON -- A rating system proposed by a group of major video game manufacturers has earned the approval of two U.S. senators who had earlier threatened to regulate the game industry. In a hearing held here on July 29, the Interactive Digital...
MEXICO CITY -- Cifra here expects to open a Sam's Club warehouse store in Villahermosa, a city in southern Mexico, according to Henry Davis, president.e, Ark.Davis made his comments at the ground-breaking for a commercial center in Villahermosa...