Coupon use is changing, in that more manufacturers are shifting to offers that are targeted at shoppers most likely to want and use them, according to a new SN survey. Despite falling redemption rates, more than half (57%) of manufacturer...
It's no surprise that impulse items catch the eye of shoppers more frequently in staffed lanes than in self-checkout environments, where idle time is cut short by the task at hand. Although the gap in these sales is still significant, a new study...
K-VA-T Food stores is preparing for the annual Miss Food City Pageant, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13 at Downtown Bristol’s Paramount Center for the Arts.
Online retailers’ top priorities include fixing website design and performance issues, improving the efficiency of online marketing and enhancing cross-channel integration, according to a report that was released yesterday at the Shop.org...
Wal-Mart Stores last week said it was unveiling its first new advertising tag line in 19 years: Save Money. Live Better, replacing the iconic Always Low Prices message that has defined the giant retailer for a generation. TV ads carrying the new...
Discount supermarkets in Ontario are going toe-to-toe with Wal-Mart in a pricing battle likely to leave multiple parties bruised. Newly arrived but heretofore underperforming Wal-Mart Supercenters, combined with Loblaw's determination to hold onto...
SAFEWAY NAMES MINASI PRESIDENT OF MARKETING - Safeway here last week said it has promoted Michael R. Minasi to the newly created position of president of marketing. He reports to Steve Burd, the retailer's chairman, president and chief executive...
Minyard Food Stores is stocking thousands of new imported groceries in a vast international food department being tested in one store here. The department spans 240 linear feet in the front of a 70,000-square-foot Carnival-banner store, adjacent...