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Focusing on marketing and selling fundamentals isn't as intellectually stimulating as the latest acronym for industry initiatives (ECR, etc.), but it delivers results and separates competitors. A back-to-basics approach allows manufacturers to...
Nash Finch Appoints Directorger was named director of general merchandise at Nash Finch here. He had worked for a local drug chain in the area. He now reports to Chuck Ramsbacher, vice president of marketing. Roettger succeeds Ken Nemeth, who left...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Sam's Club here is reportedly demanding up-front cash payments from suppliers in exchange for the suppliers' rights to continue distributing products to the Pace Membership Warehouse units it acquired last November.The...
TIJUANA, Mexico -- Smart & Final has entered the Mexican market with the opening of its first store here.-venture partnership between Central Detallista, a regional grocery company in northern Mexico, and Smart & Final, Los Angeles.The store had...
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Community Cash opened its 17th video rental department on Jan. 5, based on a prototype it is rolling out to its other stores, said Jim Key, nonfood direct store buyer.The new section includes about 1,000 tapes, 100 games and...
TOKYO (FNS) -- Since J-League, Japan's professional soccer league, opened its first season May 15, 1993, it has become one of the bright spots in the nation's sluggish consumer economy and a boon to food retailers.About 4 million people have come...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- With a full plate of regulatory measures under consideration at the executive and legislative levels this year, retailers and wholesalers are concerned about how the industry would handle new compliance challenges.In many cases...
LONDON (FNS) -- The battle among leading U.K. food retailers is heating up as British consumers become more price-conscious.Analysts predict retail margins will come under increasing pressure here over the next several years.All the major chains...
Flat sales kept most chains and wholesalers running in place on SN's annual listing of the top 75 supermarket companies.enth, while Vons Cos., despite flat sales, switched places with Univa to move from 15th to the 14th spot.H-E-B Grocery Co....