SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Big Y is seeing positive results from new paperless coupons that are available exclusively in its stores. Overall movement on [participating] items has shown nice bumps, John Schnepp, Big Y's advertising director, told SN. Big Y...
Drug chains continue to introduce new private-label consumables to drive traffic, increase profits and inspire customer loyalty. Chains are even aligning their store brands with health and nutrition trends by offering good-for-you foods, such as...
MINNEAPOLIS Retailers in the Eastern U.S. who are customers of Supervalu are bracing for sweeping changes in the way they pay for, plan and schedule their deliveries as the wholesaler, based here, rolls out a new pricing scheme. Supervalu said it...
LAS VEGAS Wholesalers are beginning to redesign their advertising programs using data in ways that allow retailers to direct their messages to potential customers based on lifestyle clusters rather than on geography, executives said in separate...
LAS VEGAS An Oklahoma retailer who lowered prices on 200 items to come as close as possible to prices at a new Wal-Mart supercenter that opened near one of his three stores said the stores benefited from not calling special attention to the...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here is rolling out a new pricing program for its wholesale customers in the Eastern Division called "market advantage pricing," or MAP, which is forcing retailers who purchase from Supervalu to rethink the way they order...
CHICAGO -- IGA here will host the IGA Shopping Spree Sweepstakes, the first marketing event in the 2007 IGA Family, Friends & Food marketing program.
As category-killers like Petco continue to erode supermarket sales of pet food and supplies, Publix Super Markets is using a unique tactic it hopes will make it a pet owner's best friend. The Lakeland, Fla.-based retailer funded an innovative...
SAN ANTONIO Home and body makeovers are common. Now, the makeover has arrived, courtesy of H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here. The H-E-B Goodness Challenge will give three families the chance to shape up with a variety of awards: A free three-month family...