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Anheuser-Busch’s ‘Satin Sheets’ Rates Most Popular During Super Bowl
St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. won USA Today’s Super Bowl Ad Meter for the fourth year in a row. Its “Satin Sheets” ad was voted the most popular commercial. Does…
Study Finds Kids Love the Internet and Recognize Banner Ads as Bunk
According to a study conducted for Advertising Age by NeoPets.com, a youth-oriented Web site, a majority of children would rather have access to the Internet than TV, radio or magazines…
Oh Thank Heaven for Store Closings and Growth Initiatives
7-Eleven Inc. will close approximately 120 under-performing stores in the first quarter of 2002. It plans on a number of growth initiatives manned by a newly-hired maverick ad agency to…
Kohl’s Comes up Smelling Like a Rose
In a landscape littered with retail chain downsizing and demises, Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based Kohl’s is growing, and at a manageable rate. Analysts wonder when Kohl’s luck will run out or…
CVS Posts Historic Loss in the Face of Stringent Competition
CVS Corp. based in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, reports its first quarterly loss, a net loss of $133.8 million, compared with year-earlier net income of $206.2 million. Although results were in…
Addressing Consumers with Faster Sampling Rates
How do you create and distribute new product marketing messages that reach and are acted on by consumers?
Shoppers Strive for Health and Hearth
What are the most important factors motivating current shopping behavior on a macroeconomic level?
Maryland and Texas Wine Lovers Persist on Interstate Shipments
Moderator Comment: Should there be a prohibition on direct delivery of alcoholic products from an out-of-state location?
Business Enhancement Tools Introduced at FMI MARKETECHNICS
What technology exhibited at FMI MARKETECHNICS will have the greatest impact on retailing and distribution practices?
Merger of Breweries May Usurp Bud
Will being part of a bigger brewery mean greater share for Miller brands?
9-11 Fallout on California Wine Sales Less than Expected
What are the prospects for the wine category in 2002 and beyond?
Success Rests on Laurels of Good Service
What defines good service at retail?
Private Exchanges Find Foothold
What is the future of public exchanges?
Wal-Mart Tests Its Own Candy Store Within a Supercenter
Wal-Mart continues to stay focused on its “retailtainment” strategy and it clearly sees the Kid Connection as an opportunity to drive take-home candy sales.
Toys “R” Us Tries Russian Stacking Doll Method in Supermarkets
Toys “R” Us does not seem to fit with Ahold’s food from every direction philosophy (food service, supermarket, home delivery, c-store) so a merger doesn’t appear likely. Is there a…
Kmart Scrubbed Software Projects Intended to Help with Supply Chain
What priorities should Kmart set if it wants to emerge from Chapter 11?
State Lawmakers Look to Sin to Cover Shortfalls
Isn’t it time that all consumption was taxed and that targeted levies such as gas, alcohol, income, capital gains and succession taxes were eliminated?
Talk Magazine Hushes up
New York’s Talk Magazine, jointly funded by Miramax Films and Hearst Corp., is closing up shop just two-and-a-half years after its high-profile launch.
Profit Dawns on Amazon.com
Amid all the hoopla around Amazon’s strong fourth quarter showing is the sobering reality that this is the first time in roughly eight years of operating that the company has…
Consumers See Economy Glass as Half Full
Even the perpetually glum Alan Greenspan in testimony before Congress this week sounded relatively optimistic about the economy’s prospects for 2002. Do not count on a big rebound, however. That…
Heinz Squirts Flavored Ketchup at Adult Palate
The good news is that Heinz’ new items don’t appear to be a me-too which offers hope that consumers will buy these products in addition to the condiments that usually…
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