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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The drama of new and improved store brands contesting with national brand groceries is not limited to the supermarket stage, but will be played out in the growing supercenter arena as well, said retailing experts at the...
The news that A&P's Master Choice private label "is starting to act like a national brand" is being greeted with trepidation, to say the least, by national-brand marketers. A&P's plans to use Actmedia's in-store merchandising programs at 72 Farmer...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Efficient Consumer Response without category management has a "supply side" focus. But with category management, ECR marries the demand and supply sides.The latter strategy is the key to success for supplying and distributing...
Light bulbs are going sky-high at supermarkets.Retailers are stacking them high and building power displays of light bulbs not only to attract impulse sales, but to demonstrate that they can challenge other competitive retail formats -- club...
MILWAUKEE -- Roundy's is completing a major remerchandising of kitchen gadgets and bakeware for 700 retailers it supplies with nonfood products.Sales in gadgets alone have jumped 25% to 30% at stores with the new program, which Roundy's began to...
TAMPA, Fla. -- A change in the ownership of Kash n' Karry Food Stores here may be completed by the end of the chain's fiscal year in August, SN learned last week.A spokeswoman for Leonard Green & Partners -- a Los Angeles investment group that...
Richfood Appoints Director of Saleshas named Jeff Bartolacci director of chain sales, a new position.Bartolacci was general manager of the wholesaler's northern division, which is based in Glen Burnie, Md. He reports to Joe Della Noci, vice...
BRNO, Czech Republic -- Ahold has bought 11 supermarket outlets through a privatization project in this country's North Moravia region. The 11 stores were previously leased by Ahold. They will be converted into Mana supermarkets, the store format...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Will Sam's Clubs and Wal-Mart Supercenters soon be dotting the Canadian landscape?That's the prediction of a number of observers in the wake of Wal-Mart's acquisition of 120 Woolco discount stores in Canada in late January.Wal...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores here has signed separate agreements with two Asian retailers to supply private-label products overseas through the export division of Sam's Club. One agreement calls for Wal-Mart to supply apparel and other...