Supermarket buyers report fair to brisk sales of Gillette's Mach3 shaving system since it hit store shelves two months ago. Stronger consumer demand is expected to heat up as marketing intensifies.Retailers generally...
CHICAGO -- A line of vegetables is now showing up in supermarket video departments.Far from the conventional garden variety, the vegetables have names -- Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and Jr. Asparagus -- and are...
A very active skin care industry is developing product after product aimed at aging baby boomers, and in the long run supermarkets expect to benefit strongly from the trend.Last year alone, skin care product launches...
Implementing video cross promotions at store level may be fraught with challenges, but retailers who do it successfully find incremental sales, increased traffic and heightened excitement.The biggest obstacles to...
Fourth-quarter video sales exceeded many supermarket retailers' expectations, with some reporting business up 10% to 50% compared with the previous year's final-run period.Strength of hit releases such as "Toy Story,"...
Supermarkets are expecting the adhesive-bandage category will go from passive to active with the introduction next year of technologically advanced products.Among the new over-the-counter products expected to be...