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Aisle See Themssue was familiarity. Moving [rice cakes] to the cookie aisle provided more exposure than any television commercial."-- Kevin Hall, national customer marketing manager of snacks at Quaker Oats Co., citing an example of how category...
CHICAGO -- Continuous replenishment programs work for Golden Cat Corp. Most of the CRP relationships with its retailer customers have achieved minimum goals of 40 turns per year and a 97% service level, according to Frank Krum, chief executive...
CORONADO, Calif. -- Expenditures for permanent and temporary in-store displays and in-store media and signs grew 7.7% in 1995 to surpass the $12 billion mark, says a new study released by the Point-of-Purchase Advertising Institute, Englewood, N.J...
WASHINGTON -- The Glass Packaging Institute has called for entries for the 1996 Clear Choice Awards. The awards program, now in its eighth year, recognizes products that are successful at making glass an integral and effective part of their...
WASHINGTON -- The role of suppliers is the subject of the fifth and final guide in the Food Marketing Institute's series of category management implementation series. This guide provides retailers and wholesalers with a view of the roles suppliers...
As soon as we get used to the idea that mass marketing is out and micromarketing is in, we still find ourselves trying to catch up with the future. The latest and greatest change, of course, is brand marketing on-line. There's certainly a lot of...
HOUSTON -- The competition is tougher, but Randalls' video program keeps getting better. Randalls Food Markets here was one of the first chains to rent videos, starting as early as 1980. Today, it remains the standard against which many measure...
CHICAGO -- Randalls Food Markets posted large sales gains and achieved heightened market share in several core categories as a result of Efficient Consumer Response programs.The 120-store chain boosted sales per section foot in the salty-snack...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- At Wal-Mart Stores here, small may be preferable to large when it comes to supercenters. Wal-Mart plans to concentrate more on expanding its 136,000-square-foot supercenter prototype in 1997 and 1998 than on the 188,000- or167...