Supermarkets are bullish about the early results of back-to-school sales as a result of aggressive pricing strategies meant to battle other retail formats.Sharp pricing by supermarkets on commodity items and...
The future of the photo/film business is with today's youth. The big name suppliers are placing their money on the "tween" market, targeting those between the ages of 9 and 15. According to Kodak marketing statistics...
NEW YORK -- D'Agostino Supermarkets, Larchmont, N.Y., has begun to conceal the covers of Cosmopolitan displayed at checkout lanes.The retailer's decision last month to shield the covers of the magazine came after...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Magazines are one of the top profit producers for supermarkets, but mainline and checkout racks have reached the point where they need to be managed as separate categories, said Mike Kessler...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Tops Friendly Markets here plans to test a gasoline-pumping service on the parking lots of three stores here, according to Steve Odland, president and chief executive officer, who oversees the 73-unit...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here, and Victory Super Markets, Leominster, Mass., have upgraded the fixturing in their 800-item kitchen shops and are expanding and fine-tuning variety to boost volume...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- A panel of retailers and publishing executives, assembled here earlier this month during the Periodical & Book Association of America's annual convention, was asked to rethink retail display...
Technology that advances rapid communications through the Internet, personal computers and various other telecommunication devices is affecting supermarkets' greeting-card departments and may change their makeup in...
Heavy discounts, as much as 50%, on top-selling books by the big three Internet retailers isn't immediately expected to affect supermarket book sales, said retailers.But they eventually could cut into hardcover sales...
It's a health issue that strikes heavily at supermarkets' core shoppers -- women.Urinary incontinence is an embarrassing condition that sufferers are reluctant to talk about. Therefore, estimates of those who have the...
