Multicultural

Independents and regional supermarkets adept at courting ethnic shoppers are finding the payback rewarding.Independents are connecting to diverse customer segments through ethnic packaging, merchandising, advertising and recipe demonstrations...

Health and beauty care categories, while faring better than general merchandise in competition with other channels, are still in need of extra attention, industry sources said. With no major headline-grabbing product innovation on the horizon...

CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Arizona Hispanics may have never felt as loved as when Bashas' Markets turned up the expansion flame on its Food City format.The hometown chain acquired the Food City independent a decade ago -- when it was said to be the top...

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Retailers are fine-tuning their approach to the ethnic consumer through expanded private-label offerings and packaging changes, industry executives told SN last week during the annual Private Label Manufacturers Association trade...

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Retailers are fine-tuning their approach to the ethnic consumer through expanded private-label offerings and packaging changes, industry executives told SN last week during the annual Private Label Manufacturers Association trade...

LOS ANGELES -- Supermarket retailers who add ethnic product lines to attract a a particular group of shoppers need to judge product movement differently than they do on mainstream items, a marketing consultant told a seminar audience here last...

CINCINNATI -- Kroger here selected TWT Distributing, Charlotte, N.C., to manage the ethnic health and beauty care category for 12 of its divisions in an effort to reach out to diverse customer segments, said a source with TWT.Under the agreement...

It's not every day that a retailer is told it's "Wal-Mart-proof," but that's just the kind of accolades Caputo's Fresh Markets receives for its unique approach to food retailing.While Wal-Mart could certainly hurt Caputo's to a degree, the effects...

It's not every day that a retailer is told it's "Wal-Mart-proof," but that's just the kind of accolades Caputo's Fresh Markets receives for its unique approach to food retailing.While Wal-Mart could certainly hurt Caputo's to a degree, the effects...

Que pasa in supermarkets across America?The accent on ethnic merchandising is growing. The change is apparent in stores located in southern border states like California and Texas with big Hispanic populations. You see it in big cities like New...