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WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Independent retail pharmacists are charging that a TV commercial touting the reliability of Duracell batteries is inaccurate and demeans the reliability of the nation's independent druggists.In a letter to C. Robert Kidder...
Thrifty to Acquire PayLessDrug Stores here is set to buy the Wilsonville, Ore.-based PayLess Drug Stores chain from Kmart, Troy, Mich., for $1 billion in cash and securities. The combination of 572-store PayLess and Thrifty, with 494 stores, would...
NEW ORLEANS -- Want a trade partner? First, vendors and retailers must take the time to understand each other's business, according to Rex Miller, president of the School and Home Office Products Association. Then real partnering can take place...
On Partnering Pressuresrtant issue in the partnership that exists between vendors and retailers has to do with each fully understanding the pressures and constraints that exist for both."-- Rex Miller, president of the School and Home Office...
WASHINGTON -- With most grocery industry executives aware of the Efficient Consumer Response project, industry leaders now need to better address concerns about implementation, according to a new report.This includes communicating "a dynamic and...
SYDNEY, Australia (FNS) -- An ambitious plan to merge four independent grocery wholesalers in Australia collapsed late last month when two of the major players in the proposed deal split ranks.The break-up of the group came amid mounting concern...
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The electronic landscape within the typical U.S. household is in for some dramatic changes in the decade ahead, according to panelists at the Hollywood 2000 conference held here Dec. 13 to 14, by Advanstar Associates...
ATLANTA -- The GMA-FMI Joint Industry Coupon Committee is expected to approve an extended version of the UCC/ EAN-128 code for coupon scanning when it meets here Feb. 16."We've been working long and hard on an extended code," said David Sefcik...
LONDON (FNS) -- Argyll Group, the United Kingdom's third-largest food retailer, warned its profits will be cut by about $59.6 million, or 40 million pounds, this year because it will begin writing down the value of its stores.Argyll, which owns...