The selling of nutritional supplements via mail order and the Internet is now a mere blip on supermarket retailers' radar.But that could change, industry observers say, as consumers become more educated about vitamins...
Cosmetics for girls in their teens and younger have emerged as a major beauty category in the mass market, with new lines from manufacturers and destination departments in discount, drug and specialty stores...
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The disgruntled are quick to cite low-ball pricing as the key to Wal-Mart Stores' success, but Nick White, executive vice president of the retailer's supercenter division and a keynote speaker at...
Although it is invisible to shoppers, a war is being waged in health and beauty care aisles nationwide.The dispute concerns the gray-market industry that has risen around the practice of diverting merchandise meant...
Sales of hair-coloring products are up across all classes of trade, and retailers have people -- men as well as women -- of all ages to thank.Women entering middle age and beyond have always taken steps to hide their...
The party is getting crowded.Amid rapid expansion by specialty retailer General Nutrition Centers, the successful introduction of a store-within-a-store concept by Wal-Mart, strong promotional efforts by Rite Aid and...
PITTSBURGH -- Giant Eagle here has significantly increased its pharmacy presence in the Cleveland market.The chain, which now operates 204 stores in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia, opened nine...
NEW YORK -- MediZine Inc. here, a marketing company that distributes its namesake publication in the pharmacies of 45 supermarket chains nationwide, is entering the vitamin aisle.In November the company will launch a...
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Following a realignment of its marketing forces, Rubbermaid here is reaching out to retailers, trying to develop channel-specific -- and more effective -- merchandising strategies.For supermarkets...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. will consolidate its nonfood buying and merchandising operations at its corporate headquarters here, according to industry observers.The move, which breaks with the chain's tradition of...
