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R&FF Retailer: Get Your Hand Out of My Pocket!
“First of all, might I just note here that the ‘dog’ that we are taking off your shelves is doing very well in stores that match your chain’s demographic all…
Diverting Targets Upscale Beauty Lines
In light of the recent story and RetaiWire discussion on Costco’s use of diverting, it was interesting to come across a piece on the Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) website describing…
Sears Goes Back to Its Roots, Sort of
Sears financial performance over a number of years now suggests that the chain might simply not get it when it comes to what it takes to getting its stores turned…
The Store is the Medium
At a session at last week’s Advertising Research Foundations’s (ARF) Re:think Conference and Expo in New York City, industry executives discussed the many promising developments of the P.R.I.S.M. in-store marketing…
Study: H2O Claims Are All Wet
We all need to drink water, but according to a new study the amount of water we’re drinking isn’t doing anything to make us appreciably healthier and in some cases…
Beijing Olympics Challenges Sponsors
China’s role as the spot for the 2008 Olympics appears to be leading to a big payday for PR flacks. According to the Associated Press, a few sponsors of the…
Dollar General Launches In-Store TV Network
The Dollar General chain may not be going Hollywood but it is definitely going a bit Madison Avenue with a new in-store television network that will broadcast vendor- and retailer-supplied…
Retailers Compete for Share of Consumers’ Rebate Checks
When those economic stimulus rebate checks start showing up in American mailboxes sometime next month, retailers and brand manufacturers want to make sure consumers know just where they can go…
Retailers Sue Chocolate Companies Over Alleged Price Fixing
Retailers including CVS, Delhaize , Giant Eagle, Hy-Vee, Kroger, Meijer, Publix, Rite Aid, Safeway and Walgreens, have all recently filed lawsuits alleging that the major chocolate companies selling products in…
CPGMatters: Shopper Insights Drives Category Management
According to an Instant Poll on the home page of the March edition of CPGmatters, “using more shopper insights” was the most suggested way to improve the effectiveness of category…
Running the Store From Home
The stores of the future may be run from home. A report on what The Guardian described as “the nature of employment in 2018” pointed towards a shift from talk…
Wal-Mart Proposes Tiered Pricing for CDs
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is reportedly proposing a new, lower price structure for CDs as a way to shore up lagging sales. The move comes as digital music downloads – paid…
BrainTrust Query: How should mixed race affect target marketing plans?
A recent article in the New York Times entitled Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race discusses a consumer segment that we don’t hear about much: people who don’t…
Woodman’s Makes a Big Entrance in Milwaukee
Consumers have been asking for a Woodman’s in the Milwaukee market and now they have a 225,000-square-foot megastore in Oak Creek to keep them happy. Visitors to the new Woodman’s…
Lidl Accused of Going Too Far to Reduce Shrink
Following an article in Stern, a German magazine, discount supermarket Lidl has been forced to deny charges of spying on workers. The magazine claimed that both cameras and private detectives…
American Express Shifts Contactless Strategy
Six years after its launch, American Express is discontinuing its Express Pay contactless payments key fob following a poor customer response. Instead, it plans to focus on its traditional cards…
Pepsi Upsets Retailers Over Amazon Deal
Pepsi’s promotional deal with Amazon’s digital music store has come under fire from some traditional bricks-and-mortar retailers who not only sell Pepsi, but also offer CDs and, in some cases,…
Indiaretailing.com: Experience vs. convenience, as the retail mêlée goes
In India, the business of buying, selling and buying, with its tremendous growth potential, has attracted not only the national corporate giants and multinational behemoths, but enterprising Indian industrialists are…
Tesco Calls a Time Out in America
Tesco has reacted with forceful denials when reports have circulated suggesting that the British retailer’s entry into the U.S. market has been less successful than the company expected before it…
Kenmore and Kmart (Possibly) Perfect Together
Sears Holdings has been threatening since it took over Sears and Kmart that it would take the best exclusive brands of each format and sell them in the other. Over…
Wendy’s Seeks to Pick Up Customers in Bars
Wendy’s is hoping to pickup some new customers by running ads on interactive jukeboxes placed in bars within a mile of one of the burger chain’s restaurants. What do you…
