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Family video rentals are getting more merchandising attention in supermarkets. Video executives are looking more closely at how they present family-oriented movies and other videos in their departments. Many retailers organize them into separate...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- In an effort to decentralize management, Pathmark Stores here has reorganized its store operations group. Instead of two operating divisions, the company has created five marketing areas to serve approximately 30 stores each in...
Costs tied to staff turnover and training continue to rise, but to keep the expense in check, retailers and wholesalers are turning to more sophisticated hiring technologies and practices.Distributors are embracing automated systems and...
ST. LOUIS -- Van de Kamp's here has entered an agreement to acquire the Mrs. Paul's frozen seafood business from Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J.The sale would not include any of Campbell's manufacturing operations. Van de Kamp's would produce...
The front end continues to "open up" for retailers of all sizes and information systems budgets. Even those companies whose capital outlay plan allows only for limited upgrades and interfaces in 1996 say personal computer point-of-sale systems are...
ATLANTA -- Turner Home Entertainment here has created a new home video label, Cartoon Network Video. The new brand will be a banner for the company's premium sell-through collections of new and classic cartoons. The first releases to feature the...
Despite the industry's embracing of perimeter departments, the grocery aisles are still vital in shoppers' choice of a supermarket, according to an exclusive survey conducted for Supermarket News. In fact, the Center Store section ranks only...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Dove Foundation here has added a retailer with 190 locations to its Dove seal of approval program, said Scott Rolfe, director of corporate services. Kwik Trip, a convenience store chain based in La Crosse, Wis., signed...
TOKYO (FNS) -- Private-brand business has grown to 15% of total sales at Daiei Inc., Japan's largest supermarket chain, compared with a Japanese average of 2%, Isao Nakauchi, chairman and president, said here.Nakauchi, in a speech presented at the...
It's been quite a while since the supermarket industry first heard footfalls of discount-store operators treading with their supercenter format into the food-selling arena.And -- let's face it -- response from the supermarket industry to this...