Stuff it. Cram it. Squeeze it. Jam it. Pack it.Supermarkets are finding ways to capitalize on consumers' need to collect, file, store and preserve their stuff through offering various household storage containers and...
It's no game: Approximately 10,000 new products entered the U.S. supermarket industry last year, and every retailer knows that only a select few make it. When dealing with consumers, nothing is a sure bet.But there...
LANDOVER, Md. -- Giant Food here has become one of the first supermarkets to offer overnight delivery of digital photo prints uploaded by customers through the Internet. The service is offered at 189 Giant and Super G...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Two retailers recently began using technology that reduces the time the pharmacy staff spends on tasks such as taking refill requests and filling out signature logs and Health Insurance...
25) Charles B. StraussPresident and CEO, Unilever United StatesWHY: A corporate ringmaster who has the ability to juggle diverse interests.WHAT'S NEXT: Growing Unilever's leading brands like Suave, Hellman's and Ben &...
LAREDO, Texas -- H.E. Butt Grocery, San Antonio, recently opened a store here with a Payless ShoeSource Express, the footwear retailer's first permanent store-within-a-store department and the company's first test of...
Retailers are taking aim at the coveted teen and tween customer segments in the color cosmetics category.Among the tools they are using are specialized displays, aggressive promotion and fresh assortments. With this...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. -- Jewel-Osco here, a banner under Albertsons, Boise, Idaho, began testing DVD vending machines in four stores this month, according to retail sources at the grocery and drug store chain.The DVD...
Responding to a growing demand for ethnic products, especially from Hispanics, retailers are stepping up their emphasis on international housewares items.Just as first- and second-generation immigrants shop for...
BOISE, Idaho -- After a successful test at Jewel-Osco last year, Albertsons here will expand chainwide its partnership with Toys R Us, Paramus, N.J., the company said last week.According to Karianne Cole, spokeswoman...
