Retailers Take Aim at Employee Pilferage
Studies show worker theft accounts for 46 percent of losses, posing a greater threat to store owners than shoplifters. How can retailers effectively reduce shrink due to employee theft?
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Charming Aims for Plus-Size Growth
Analysts say Charming Shoppes will be an interesting stock to watch in 2002 as the company uses Lane Bryant, already the biggest brand name in plus-size clothes, to become the dominant specialty plus-size retailer. How can mass-market retailers increase the business they are doing with plus-size consumers?
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Cereals Find Buddies, Mustard Gets a New Look, Mayo Goes Healthier
A global alliance between Kellogg Company and The Walt Disney Company leads to three new cereals, Hellmann’s mayonaise is offered in a healthier version and French’s mustard gets a new look after 30 years. Should more marketing effort be focused on branding efforts and less on sales promotion?
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Cereals Find Buddies, Mustard Gets a Makeover, Mayo Goes Healthier
A global alliance between Kellogg Company and The Walt Disney Company leads to three new cereals, Hellmann’s mayonaise is offered in a healthier version and French’s mustard gets a new look after 30 years. Should more marketing effort be focused on branding efforts and less on sales promotion?
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End of the Smaller Conventional Supermarket Format Projected
Food manufacturers and retailers face substantial consolidation and internationalization over the next five years as they innovate with brands and retail formats to satisfy changing consumer habits and demands. Is there still a significant consumer demand for self-service only retail models?
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P&G Starts Using Transora Data Catalog
For the first time, Proctor & Gamble has published product data to an industry-wide data catalog being created by e-marketplace Transora. What do you expect the exchange landscape to look like in five years?
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R.J. Reynolds Fights ‘Tax Profiling’ of Smokers
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 44 states are facing a budget shortfall, and 19 of those are considering raising cigarette taxes – ranging from 10 to 61 cents per pack. Considering the demographic profile of adult tobacco consumers, is the government placing an unfair tax burden on this group of people?
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Commercials Don’t Add to Liquor Use, Says Study
Critics may be surprised to learn that ads for distilled liquors such as scotch, gin, rum and vodka, on U.S. TV won’t affect people’s alcohol consumption, according to Electronic Media Online. Will television commercials for spirits affect its consumption in the U.S.?
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Jury Still out on Genetically Enhanced Foods
Despite years of debate, Americans can’t decide if genetically altered foods help or hurt. How should grocers respond to consumers
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Food Store Sales Perk Up in January
Both total food and beverage store sales and
grocery store sales in January were up five percent from January 2001. At-home food price inflation in 2001 was the highest in five years and wholesale food prices ended the year by dipping another 0.1 percent in December. If wholesale prices are down, why are at-home food prices going up?