Retail competition is intense and home shopping is gaining momentum, but the allure of adding more stores is hard to resist.
That’s why unit and geographic expansion is still a front-burner strategy for many retail CEOs, an important takeaway fr...
The food industry is just back from the big FMI Connect and United Fresh 2014 events in Chicago, and a ton of industry insights have emerged from these venues.
My top picks address topics from online shopping to organics, and each made me think ...
You can’t help but sense the bullishness in the results of this year’s SN Center Store Survey, which appear in this issue beginning on the front page. A total of 28.8% of retailer respondents expect gains in center store dollar sales of between 2...
The nation’s largest natural foods retailer just drew skepticism after lowering financial projections in the wake of unprecedented levels of competition and stepped up price investments.
Rather than moderating its expansion pace, Whole Foods Mar...
In early May, the White House released its National Climate Assessment detailing ways climate change is already impacting the U.S. and what to expect in the future. One of the major topics in the report was agriculture.
Increased temperatures an...
The weather is a great conversation starter. Most of us have used it to break the ice during elevator rides and at parties.
Retailers and manufacturers are using it for a different purpose: to drive sales.
Indeed, the weather makes a huge impac...
SN just unveiled a first-time list of 15 food retailers that are among the fastest growing in terms of new store development. So what’s so special about these retailers?
A lot of things. They are leaders in new units planned as a percentage of...
It’s been quite an interesting few weeks in the world of organics. Walmart announced a new organic initiative under the Wild Oats brand, and Target a day later shared the details of its “Made to Matter” program with 17 handpicked organic brands...
The Bay Area has Silicon Valley. New York has Silicon Alley. Northwest Arkansas has…
“The Silicon Alley of Retail,” suggests Ted Rubin, the former CMO of Collective Bias. Based in Bentonville, Ark., Collective Bias describes itself as a social s...
