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Service isn't what it used to be -- but that's a good thing, retailers tell SN.Industry competition, labor shortages and changes in consumer shopping habits have all forced supermarket operators to re-assess their service strategies. In some cases...
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Consolidate . . . cut-in . . . compromise?Determining the ideal placement of the $303.6 million ethnic beauty care category (excluding cosmetics) often has been a hotly debated issue. At the Chicago-based American Health and...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper's Produce Monster is celebrating its first birthday this month, and the retailer is excited about the mascot's future. The character, the third element in the retailer's fresh-foods consumer education program, is...
BLUE MARTINI SOFTWARE, San Mateo, Calif., a provider of e-business applications, has adopted the LoadRunner and WinRunner programs for internal performance testing and benchmarking from Mercury Interactive, Sunnyvale, Calif. In addition, Blue...
ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Costco Corp. here said last week that it has abandoned plans for two of its three proposed units in Manhattan in New York City, both of which would have premiered its new, urban-focused Costco Fresh format.Meanwhile, the start...
While formats may differ from chain to chain, the common denominator is consumer education. Some retailers, including Draeger's, Whole Food Markets and Larry's Markets, offer up a complete classroom environment with full kitchens dedicated...
KULPSVILLE, Pa. -- Clemens Markets here has created a wave of excitement in its seafood departments with a grilling demo that officials hope will keep propelling sales upward.At one Clemens unit, sales zoomed up 40% on the day Evie Hansen...
Going into their second decade of battle, supermarkets and mass merchandisers are both pulling out new tactics. However, mass merchants have taken the war to a new area and crossed the lines into private label. Here, they are uprooting customer...
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Today's shoppers consider dairy products prime ingredients in their good-nutrition menu, said Linda Gilbert, president of HealthFocus, a Des Moines, Iowa-based market-research firm.The finding is part of a recent HealthFocus...
SHORELINE, Wash. (FNS) -- Every which way is fish at Town & Country Markets' newly opened Central Market format here. Whether fillets, steaks, live shellfish, ready-to-cook offerings, individually quick-frozen items or whole fish, customers can...