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TROY, Mich. - Kmart Holding Corp. yesterday launched the Kmart Rewards credit card, which is being managed by Prospect Heights, Ill.-based HSBC-North America's retail services business, a leading issuer of private label (merchant-branded) credit cards in the United States.

MILWAUKEE - Miller Brewing Co. will host off-premise promotions starting in January for its Miller, Miller Lite, and Fosters brands.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Regional grocery and general merchandise retailer Meijer will be giving away thousands of diabetes education kits this weekend, as the company kicks off a month-long focus on the chronic disease that affects at least 17 million Americans.

DES MOINES, Iowa ¿ America¿s Pork Producers are calling for nominations for the National Pork Board¿s fourth annual Consumer¿s Choice Awards.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Meijer plans to launch a range of new advertising spots in support of the upcoming holiday season. The new work includes a special campaign supporting store-wide low prices as well as spots focused on holiday sales events, holiday gift-giving, and enhanced electronics offerings.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In the wake of charges that California taxpayers spent $32 million on health care for Wal-Mart employees, the world's largest retailer has contributed $500,000 to a movement to defeat Proposition 72, a state ballot measure that would require employers to offer health insurance to workers and cover 80 percent of the costs.

BOULDER, Colo. - With the U.S. facing a flu vaccine shortage this year, Wild Oats Markets is taking steps to raise consumer awareness about natural, homeopathic alternatives to immunization that can fight flu symptoms during the flu season.

CHICAGO - Wild Oats Markets, Inc., a national natural and organic foods retailer, and Peapod, Ahold USA's Internet grocer, are now offering more than 200 Wild Oats branded to Chicago-area shoppers on the Peapod online grocery site.