The media's current focus on Wal-Mart's gains in this economy leaves the impression that the chain's sole focus is to cut prices. What slips under the radar is the giant retailer's intensive, behind-the-scenes research and testing to further set...

How many retail executives do you know who would let a manager spend money on an idea that was clearly not going to work, only because it was better for that associate to learn for himself or herself...

Last week, the National Organic Standards Board once again took up recommendations for the USDA certification of organic seafood. It's been a three-year, upstream swim for board members, and has generated its share of controversy. The bones of...

We all know this economy has transformed the behavior of shoppers. They are avoiding restaurants, looking for deals, buying more private label, and choosing lesser cuts of meat...