Attitudes: Retailers

NEWARK, Del. - Boosting produce demand can indeed be child's play, according to new research on children and their consumption of produce from Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here.

GREENFIELD, Mass. -- The Organic Trade Association (OTA) confirmed last week that it's continuing to look for ways to encourage producers to fill the increasing demand for organic products, particularly as shortages are becoming more evident in North America.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart's Sam's Club division said it hopes to broaden its business with a new emphasis on mothers, an executive told analysts at a Citigroup Inc. retail conference in Orlando, Fla. this week.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Affluent consumers can afford to be more selective about shopping, but their habits reveal that the lure of a good deal can consistently influence their selectivity can still some interesting patterns, according to a study just released by the Nielsen Company here.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While love might not cost a thing, consumers will be opening their wallets to show their sweeties how much they care this Valentine's Day, according to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2007 Valentine's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch for NRF.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While love might not cost a thing, consumers will be opening their wallets to show their sweeties how much they care this Valentine's Day, according to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2007 Valentine's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch for NRF.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Grocers Association (CGA) said thirty-two supermarkets here used 7.6 million fewer plastic grocery bags in 2006 than in 2005, according to published reports.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - In response to growing consumer opposition to artificial growth hormones, Safeway has reportedly put in place a ban on any dairy products with the artificial hormone called recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rBGH, at its Northwest processing plants.