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...