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A number of retailers found 1995 to be a year of transition.Some grappled with debt while others filed for Chapter 11 protection. Management changes went hand in hand with some of the events. And some bounced back after successfully dealing with...
Of the overall top five nonfood categories for the 52 weeks ended Oct. 8, 1995, mass merchants gained market share, while food and drug stores lost. Drug stores, however, generated the most dollar volume.- 1.634% Mass + 2.0Internal Analgesics35.4%...
MESA, Ariz. -- Megafoods Stores here said last week it has filed a reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix that would enable it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection proceedings sometime next spring. Enactment of...
Supercenter operators continued on the move during 1995. The three discount-store operators with supercenters -- Wal-Mart Stores, Kmart Corp. and Target Stores -- rolled out sites and continued to grow more sophisticated and attuned to consumer...
CHICAGO -- IGA plans to expand a recently introduced line of private-label commodity produce, after the first items in the line met with a warm reception on the West Coast.The line is called IGA TableFresh. Its fourth product, a 5-pound bag of...
Supermarket food service did not get any easier in 1995.alone fulfill, a pivotal role in the fast-moving drama called the "battle for share of stomach."There were heroic individual performances, of course, as various hardworking retailers tweaked...
The power of information technology is making the supermarket business a whole new ball game.oves in the right direction.Two drives in particular appeared to push fresh produce and meat higher in the lineup in terms of accurate scan data analysis...
Consolidation happens.And the industry continued to find that out in 1995. One of the busiest consolidators in 1995 was Yucaipa Cos., the Los Angeles-based investment firm that acquired Dominick's Finer Foods, Northlake, Ill., in March at a cost...
ST. LOUIS (FNS) -- A test using smart cards, in place of paper vouchers, to process transactions within the Women, Infants and Children benefits program earned passing marks from Wyoming retailers participating in the experiment, the first of its...
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Price/Costco here has unveiled its first New York City store and has set plans for other metro-area units here.Analysts called this move to the inner city a bold one for a club operator. Warehouse clubs traditionally have...