UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- Video suppliers must do a better job of designing sell-through programs for supermarkets, particularly for special interest products, said George Port, president of Video Treasures, Troy, Mich. "We think probably the most...
No one would want a steady diet of it, but every now and then it's not bad to reflect on weighty matters such as this question: What is really at the core of the business and what are we actually doing?For instance, suppose you're in the telephone...
TORONTO -- Wal-Mart Canada said it would stop selling tobacco products at its 122 Canadian stores as soon as current stocks were depleted.The chain, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores, has voluntarily stopped...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Associated Food Stores here has agreed to purchase a nonfood distribution center in Payson, Utah, from Buttrey Food & Drug Co., Great Falls, Mont., in a deal valued at $10 million. Associated will now supply Buttrey's 39 stores...
ATLANTA -- Harry's Farmers Market here has set a new expansion program that rides on the back of Wal-Mart.Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., will sponsor Harry's in a Hurry fresh foods departments in up to four discount units in a test program...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Service merchandisers predict a good future even though trade relations with manufacturers have deteriorated in the last five years, according to a new study.In the next five years, electronic data interchange with...
NEW YORK -- Big forces are bearing down on the private-label business in supermarkets.ter & Gamble sues a retail customer in an apparent "we're not gonna take it anymore" message about copycat packaging.Mass merchants are selling store brands like...
Supermarkets, drug stores and mass merchandisers are running neck and neck in the race for hair care sales.But an SN consumer survey, which polled more than 1,000 people, shows the public's money is on mass merchants as the destination of choice...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Wal-Mart is testing a home shopping and delivery service at a single Supercenter here.t the second Wal-Mart Supercenter slated to open in this market next year, or in other Wal-Mart locations.Nick White, executive vice...