Greeting card outposts are powerful tools for supermarkets because they not only spark impulse sales, but also promote the main card department."They're like a billboard to the card department," said Richard White...
Supermarkets are having their day in the sun.The forecast for sun care, which is seeing a new class of sunless tanners and after-sun products, is filled with bright days, reported retailers polled by SN.This is...
It's time for sun care to come out of the dark.According to suppliers polled by SN, supermarkets can better compete with mass merchandisers by changing the way they handle sun care products. This can mean everything...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Kroger division here has experienced explosive unit growth in periodical sales with a program that displays magazines in nontraditional locations, including frozen foods, florals and dairy.The...
And the Oscar goes to...These words mean traffic, high rental turns and, most of all, profit to supermarket video departments. This year's six-time winner "Forrest Gump" is certain to bring in big dollars when...
There once was a time when children would wear adhesive bandages only if they had a scrape or a cut. That has changed today.Children are using bandages to sport their favorite movie heroes, television characters and...
Supermarkets are applying some glitz to the serious matter of children's scrapes.Some retailers polled by SN have discovered that adhesive bandages, along with other first-aid products made especially for children...
Many retail outlets report success with books, audiotapes and videocassettes associated with the O.J. Simpson murder case. But supermarket sales and customer reactions are mixed.According to a recent trade report, the...