The increase in price of goods raised to its fastest pace in 13 years.

General Mills and Kellogg’s are now fighting for shelf space and market share in categories beyond RTE cereal.

Wal-Mart is opening its first supercenter in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

The St. Louis-based regional grocery chain, Schnuck Markets, is bringing its unique sense of service to consumers in the Quad City market.

A jury is to decide how much Wal-Mart should pay in damages for forcing employees to work overtime without pay.

Gillette is expected to make a major announcement about an innovation in its shaving products line. What it is, is not known, but the rumor market is going crazy.

Arnold Zetcher, chairman, chief executive officer and president, Talbot’s, was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the board for the National Retail Federaltion (NRF).

A bill introduced by Colorado State Senator, Ken Chlouber, would ban grocery store discount cards.

Another toy chain appears to have lost its battle for shoppers with the discount giants.

Online and catalog retailer RedEnvelope experienced a 42% surge in sales during the holiday quarter but says results actually came in below expectations. Catalog sales were roughly flat vs. year-ago.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman will host a meeting of her counterparts from Canada and Mexico to reassure trading partners about recent Mad Cow disease concerns.

The operating unit of A&P will close 13 of its Farmer Jack Food Markets in the Detroit area in mid-February and reopen 10 as discount-format Food Basics stores, which now…

The country’s number one c-store chain reported a 6.7 percent overall sales increase in December over the same period last year. The chain estimates that same-store sales in the U.S….

CVS said total sales for its December period surged 31.8% to $3.36 billion, vs. year-ago. Same-store sales grew 9.4%, with pharmacy up 11.2%, and front-end same store sales up 6.1%.

In its weekly sales briefing, Target said last week’s same-store sales in its namesake stores were within the originally predicted 5% to 7% growth range, but about 1% below plan…

Dominick’s President Randall Onstead said that Safeway will close 12 underperforming stores in mid-March and expects to see benefits immediately from the elimination of operating losses.

Burger King is following the lead of Wendy’s and other fast feeders with the roll-out of bunless burger selections, and will soon offer salads topped with steak, chicken and shrimp….

The off-price apparel and domestics retailer with 243 stores in Western states has filed for Chapter 11 in order to restructure its operations and finances. The chain will remain open…

The New York Times reported today that Wal-Mart execs were made aware of numerous incidences of minors working late nights and during school hours in violation of child labor laws…

Consumer concerns over Mad Cow disease may mean more shoppers may begin to buy organic beef.

Europe experienced a rapid rise in beef prices after it was hit with Mad Cow disease. Will Americans also see the price they pay for beef rise?

The price of gasoline has gone up more than seven cents in the past three weeks. The record cold temperatures that have hit the nation are partly to blame for…

if it’s wireless it’s getting attention at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

It was originally created as a radio campaign, but Bud Light’s “Real Men of Genius” campaign is making consumers sit up and take notice of the brand even if the…

Five companies have opened stores where sellers can drop off merchandise to be auctioned on eBay.

The Evening Standard of London says that a weak American dollar has meant that consumers overseas are finding great deals on goods on U.S. e-tail Web sites.