CHICAGO -- The food industry can add yet another acronym to its vocabulary. It's called Great Performance Alliances, a business process that was given much fanfare during the International Housewares Show here, Jan...
It's major league retailing when a supermarket creates a nonfood destination.In implementing this strategy, grocery chains are going directly against the competition -- specialty stores and mass merchandisers -- in...
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. -- Richfood here has appointed Ronald W. Turner to the new position of vice president of nonfood. The appointment signals a new direction for the wholesaler, which has been out of the nonfood...
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Coming off a killer year in housewares, vendors may view supermarkets as a more stable oasis to do business.This sentiment, however, was pure speculation on the part of Tom Conley, executive director...
DALLAS -- Color trends and licensing spotted at the 1995 SHOPA Show are a prelude for buyers attending the upcoming International Housewares Show and Toy Fair.The color forest green and Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes are...
Retailers threw big support behind some nonfood categories that added excitement to their stores this year, and positioned the chains as leaders in other segments.New-product introductions suchas prepaid phone cards...
Fine-tuning formats, changing dates and venues, attracting more supermarket retailers and just struggling to survive describes the directions major nonfood trade shows are taking in 1996.Nonfood buyers will have one...
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- As the cough and cold season took hold here, a Tops store carried the broadest selection in the category among retailers competing at an intersection in this Buffalo suburb.The unit, located at...
CHICAGO -- Chain drug stores may look to stem the profit erosion they are suffering today in pharmacy by expanding store-brand programs far beyond health and beauty care categories. Expansion of store brands into...
CHICAGO -- Eckerd Drug's Spa Basics and CVS' Down to Earth store brands are evidence that chain drugs are developing more sophisticated programs aimed at achieving important points of difference from the competition...