Wal-Mart was voted as “America’s Most Admired” company for the second consecutive year.

Nordstrom’s sales for the November-through-January quarter rose 10.4 percent to a record $1.9 billion. Same-store sales had the largest gain since 1994.

A new plan commissioned by Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA), the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), and the National Association of Chain Drug stores (NACDS) and developed by consulting firms A.T….

Thirty Minute Photos (http://www.30minphotos.com) is offering a 25 percent discount on online photo orders to same-sex married couples.

A new report from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) says food prices should remain low with little inflation this year and through the rest of the decade.

Publix is testing a liquor store concept with four markets adjacent to its supermarkets.

Publix is republishing its weekly flier online but a company spokesperson said it would have no effect on the supermarket’s print advertising.

The outcome of the strike/lockout of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in Southern California is important for management and labor beyond the West Coast and outside the grocery…

Higher prices at the pump and home heating fuel drove the Consumer Price Index (CPI) up 0.5 percent in January, the largest increase in nearly a year.

Don Keough, president and chief operating officer for Coca-Cola when he retired in 1993, has been named to the company’s board of directors after the soft drink manufacturer rewrote its…

A former executive at Turner Broadcasting and current president of Coca-Cola is seen as having the inside track on replacing Doug Daft when he retires as the company’s chief executive…

The chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola, Douglas Daft, has announced he is going to retire earlier than expected when he steps down at the end of the year.

The General Merchandise Distributors Council will debut two new programs, The Showcase @ GMDC and The Online Conference Catalog at the General Merchandise Marketing Conference in June.

MacMerc.com is telling consumers that if they tilt a bottle of Pepsi with the iTunes promotion they can figure out whether they have a winner of a loser before making…

Kraft Foods is looking for new products such as a single-serve coffee maker and popular products reformulated without trans fats to boost its sales.

According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, consumers are more happy with service in general but they are less happy with the Sears and Marshall Field’s department store chains.

Sears announced it will begin selling appliances in all of its free-standing hardware stores.

Wal-Mart’s chief executive officer, Lee Scott, says he is more optimistic about 2004 than he has been in recent years.

Schlotzsky’s is expanding its program to offer free Wi-Fi access to customers because it increases the restaurant chain’s sales.

The Food and Drug Administration is promising to assist pharmaceutical companies in the world-wide adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to reduce the counterfeiting of prescription medications.

Sara Lee says it will beat Kraft Foods and P&G to market with a national launch of its Senseo single-serve coffee maker next month.

The son and daughter of Parmalat founder, Calisto Tanai, were among seven people arrested yesterday by Italian authorities. The two are accussed of siphoning off more than $900 million from…

The founder of Parmalat, Calisto Tanzi, was rushed to a Parma hospital with an undisclosed cardiac problem.

Milder weather and Valentine’s Day shopping are being given the credit for the 5.2 percent year-over-year increase in chain store sales for the week ending Feb. 14.

Loblaw intends to take the savings it has realized from its cost-cutting measures to lower prices in its competition with Wal-Mart.

General Mills has agreed to sell the Haagen-Dazs ice cream shop franchise business to Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream.