BJ’s Wholesale Club is counting on the appeal of local produce to attract new customers. Its new Farm to Club program will add fresh fruit and vegetables from local farms to the retailer’s nearly 200 US stores over the summer of 2012. [...]
Target experiments with specialty boutique partnerships
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April 20, 2012, 2:45 PM
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Next month Target launches The Shops at Target, a selection of limited-edition merchandise from boutiques around the country available in Target stores as well as online. The first [...]
Best Buy CEO resigns
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April 10, 2012, 10:13 AM
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Best Buy today said goodbye to CEO Brian Dunn after less than three years at the helm of the world’s largest consumer electronics chain. His resignation, not long after Best Buy [...]
Retail Properties of America shares rise, showing confidence in retail sector
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April 6, 2012, 2:53 PM
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Shopping center owner Retail Properties of America went public yesterday, and its shares rose as much as 11% in its debut. The rise signifies investors’ faith in the revival of [...]
Bad news from Best Buy
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March 29, 2012, 2:50 PM
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Disappointing sales over the crucial holiday selling season led Best Buy to announce today that it will close 50 of its US stores and cut about 400 jobs. The world’s [...]
Shoplifting gets dirtier with Tide swipers
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March 16, 2012, 11:58 AM
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When I read this week in Procter & Gamble’s hometown news Cincinnati.com that bulky bottles of Tide are now a target for shoplifters, it was cause for further investigation. It [...]
Retail’s billionaires club
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March 8, 2012, 2:07 PM
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Forbes Magazine‘s annual list of The World’s Billionaires was released yesterday and those who made or derive their wealth from the retail industry are well represented. Indeed, among the top [...]
Life after bankruptcy for A&P?
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February 28, 2012, 12:06 PM
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The once-great Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company said today that it may emerge from Chapter 11 as soon as this week. The news followed the US bankruptcy court’s approval of [...]
Wal-Mart grows in-store program with independent florist
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February 15, 2012, 12:07 PM
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Here’s an interesting trend I came across in my research for the floral industry: Wal-Mart has welcomed its first in-store independent florist. Magic Dove Flower Shop opened its 400-square-foot floral shop inside the Wal-Mart in Viera, [...]
Supermarkets go after growing group of food-stamp recipients
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January 25, 2012, 7:50 AM
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As continued joblessness conspires to keep some Americans on government assistance to buy groceries, supermarket chains and big-box discounters are taking notice, lured by the billions of dollars these shoppers spend each year [...]
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