They represent big dollars, high-impulse sales and are essential for one-stop shopping.But increasingly the powerhouse general-merchandise categories -- batteries, film, lightbulbs, greeting cards, baby and pet...
The main fuel powering battery sales these days is price, say most retailers and wholesalers.Yet the higher-priced, supercharged batteries, marketed with labels like Advanced Formula, Maximum, Plus and Ultra, are...
CHICAGO -- Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., Quincy, Mass.; Giant Food, Landover, Md.; and Kroger's Dillon Stores division, Hutchinson, Kan., will test 8- to 16-foot displays of upscale InterArt greeting cards in selected...
PHILADELPHIA -- Glazier Supermarkets here has expanded its vitamin and supplement assortment, including a 4-foot section of sports and power-energy enhancements.At the ShopRite unit, which opened last month on...
As Memorial Day draws closer, supermarket retailers have put their outdoor furniture and cookout promotions into high gear, devoting extensive space to these seasonal categories in their weekly circulars and print ads...
PHILADELPHIA -- Wakefern Food Corp., Elizabeth, N.J., the wholesale buying arm of the ShopRite co-op, has developed a new planogram that will be the prototype for kitchen implement and gadget displays at ShopRite...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P has found its reading centers, set up in an alcove off the main traffic artery in stores,"has had a positive impact on sales," said Andrew Carrano, A&P's vice president of marketing and corporate...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Carr Gottstein Foods here has launched a photo CD-ROM promotion slated to run through the summer.The chain began promoting the event April 14 in its weekly circulars, offering a $4 savings off the...
SKOKIE, Ill. -- Topco Associates, the retailer-owned cooperative of private-label products, attributes an 8% to 10% rise in sales of its nonfood lines to newly redesigned packaging.The company also plans to add 90...
NEW YORK -- Supermarkets have an opportunity to grab an additional $1 billion at the checkout lanes in sales of magazines, candy and other nonfood, according to a new study released by suppliers of magazines and candy...
