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Newly released prescription to over-the-counter medications are producing big profits in most supermarkets' health and beauty care departments. New releases such as Axid AR heartburn remedy from Whitehall-Robins Healthcare, Madison, N.J., and...
Selling fruits and vegetables homegrown by the farmer down the road is turning into a regular cottage industry for retailers.Locally grown produce, properly promoted, benefits consumers, retailers and growers, according to produce executives.More...
MONTEREY, Calif. -- Many retailers will remain skittish about carrying private-label produce until some of the risks inherent in the distribution chain are eliminated, according to a source from Wal-Mart."We don't want to be responsible somewhere...
When it comes to offering hair color for the growing numbers of graying Americans, supermarkets rank a distant third among the leading channels.The grocery channel did just 17% of the $970 million in hair color sales reported by Information...
DALLAS -- Retailers are late in confronting the issues and opportunities raised by electronic benefits transfer programs and, as a result, risk losing out on setting favorable national standards and cashing in once the full scope of the program...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (FNS) -- Wal-Mart Stores aims to snare the market penetration in food that it has achieved in hard- and soft-line goods, John Menzer, chief financial officer, told about 17,000 shareholders, store associates and analysts at the...
SALT LAKE CITY -- About half of Affiliated Foods member stores are making nonfood promotion buying decisions at the store level, rather than through the wholesaler. Additional members are expected to shift to the new approach by the end of the...
Denver has one of the top consumer spending indexes in the nation for skin care products due to its high altitude and the active outdoor lifestyle of many consumers.n.Brand High Low Price DifferenceVaseline Intensive Care WG-$3.89 WM-$1.78 $2.1110...
Wal-Mart Stores -- never a company to think small -- entered the combination discount-supermarket business nearly a decade ago with a huge Hypermart USA location in Dallas. That "mall without wall" experiment faded away, after a couple more...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Under a new fiscal calendar, Bruno's here reported net earnings of $4.2 million for the 13-week first quarter ended April 27 vs. a $4.6 million net loss in a 14-week quarter a year ago.ble 13-week periods.According to William J...