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MCLEAN, Va. -- The leadership of Retail Bakers of America (RBA) here unveiled a complete rebranding and reorganization of the 87-year-old trade association, as well as a holistic membership outreach campaign, communicating RBA's new focus on the industry, to be launched with the new year.

NEW YORK -- Nearly two-thirds (61 percent) of Americans will not be traveling this Thanksgiving holiday, despite it being one of the most well traveled holidays, according to a recent survey by AIG Auto Insurance.

BUENA PARK, Park, Calif. -- WakeUpWalMart.com, a labor union-affiliated group that is among the most vocal critics of the world's largest retailer, this evening will host the first local screening of the film, "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" here.

WASHINGTON -- WakeUpWalMart.com, a union-led group of Wal-Mart critics that has become increasingly vocal in recent months, has taken its message a step further by launching a national advertising and multi-media campaign. The campaign will highlight a controversial corporate memo that WakeUpWalMart.com sent to The New York Times last week, and will also plug a new documentary that is critical of the retailer.

Exclusive-brand programs in fresh categories are paying off for retailers that have a clear, premium point of difference -- but they've got to hit the mark.

WASHINGTON -- WakeUpWalMart.com, a union-led initiative to change Wal-Mart's employee relations practices, said Friday it was holding a series of public actions at Wal-Mart locations in 84 cities and 26 states as part of the "Nothing's Scarier than Not Having Health Care" campaign to help uninsured Wal-Mart workers.

MADISON, Wis. -- Dismayed by out-of-state corporations increasingly pushing home-grown products from the meat case, more than 100 Wisconsin farm families who raise all-natural chicken for Gold'n Plump are joining forces to launch a statewide public education campaign this month.

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- To mark National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Bi-Lo Supermarkets here is holding an essay contest for high school seniors, on the theme, "What is Your Dream?"