PITTSBURGH -- The Eagle is getting ready to roar.The video departments at Giant Eagle are helping to create a complete in-store party atmosphere through upcoming cross promotions with the party supplies and gift...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertsons here recently began converting its current in-store school and home office supply sections into branded Office Depot sections.The first department opened for business at the Albertsons-Osco...
On shoppers' grocery lists: milk, eggs, bread ... glitter glue, ribbon, beads, button box?Activities related to arts and crafts, including the increasingly popular art of making scrapbooks to preserve photos and...
With competition eating away at sales and margins, retailers must craft a health and beauty care strategy that will work best in their stores, whether convenience-oriented, value-focused or a pharmacy-centered whole...
PHILADELPHIA -- Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla., is No. 1 in customer satisfaction among all supermarket pharmacies, according to a consumer study of 14 market areas. The results of the study were revealed during...
PHILADELPHIA -- Giant Food has clicked with its electronic prescribing venture since its inception last year, said Russell Fair, vice president, pharmacy operations for the Landover, Md.-based retailer.Giant Food, a...
As the West Nile Virus heads into its peak season, supermarkets in states hit especially hard this year by human cases of the mosquito-born virus are better prepared to handle demand of bug-control products, retailers...
PHILADELPHIA -- Supermarkets are going to the next level in pharmacy technology.As the industry gears up for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores' Pharmacy & Technology Conference here this week, retailers...
CHANTILLY, Va. -- Ahold USA here is putting the finishing touches on a pharmacy infrastructure facelift.The company has made "very good inroads" in centralizing its pharmacy operations to improve profitability and...
The upcoming fourth quarter holds the promise for supermarkets to break out of their financial doldrums, which have plagued most retailers -- from the largest chains to the single-store operator -- for the last three...