Personalized greetings are helping to place supermarkets on the road map for card destination stops."Personalized cards need to be part of the offering if you're going to be in the greeting card business and a...
DUBLIN, Calif. -- Lucky Stores here has remerchandised its ethnic housewares to distinguish items from its regular cookware lines.Starting last November, the chain began rolling out new International Cooking Centers...
Demographics and changing lifestyles are as important as color and design in hot-selling housewares.For example, supermarket general merchandise buyers are adding smaller food storage containers to appeal to a growing...
Expectations are running high for strong supermarket sales in housewares in 1995.Retailers said a healthier economy should make it easier for shoppers to spend more money on high-impulse housewares products. When...
HOUSTON -- Randalls Food Markets here has nearly doubled its kitchen appliance variety to trigger higher impulse sales in housewares. The 75-store chain expanded its 20-foot small appliance section last October with...
MALVERN, Pa. -- Acme Markets here ran a two-week auto supply promotion last month evoking last winter's severe ice storms in full-page ads. The chain reported solid sell-through volume with 14 auto supplies and...
ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Family Circle magazine and Wakefern Food Corp. will again team up in 1995 for a multibrand product sampling event at 180 ShopRite stores.The event, set for Saturday, March 18, is the fourth joint...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Kash n' Karry Food Stores here is aggressively pursuing holiday card shoppers by offering free merchandise to those who make multiple card purchases.The chain began its latest card promotion on...
DENVER -- King Soopers has stimulated cellular telephone sales by displaying a working model customers can test before buying.According to one company official who wished to remain anonymous, the 8-foot, front-end...
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- Sales have tripled in some departments at Ingles Markets, based here, as a result of new and expanded general merchandise sets.A new store, which opened here last month, featured many of the...