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Attitudes: Retailers

  • IRI Launches Quarterly Retail Newsletter

    CHICAGO - Marketing research firm Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) yesterday said it has launched the inaugural edition of "IRI Retail MarketWatch," a quarterly benchmarking report that analyzes trends impacting the retail industry.

  • Dark Chocolate More Popular Than Ever: Study

    NAPLES, N.Y. -- Dark chocolate currently makes up 33.4 percent of total chocolate candy introductions in the United States - roughly twice the 15.5 percent share that dark chocolate rollouts held for the chocolate candy category just four years ago, according to Datamonitor's Productscan Online database of new products.

  • Marsh Shareholder Bemoans Sale Price

    INDIANOPOLIS - Although Marsh Supermarkets Inc. here is poised to proceed with its deal to be acquired by Florida-based Sun Capital come September, one of the chain's large shareholders has voiced strong dissention with the alliance.

  • N.J. Law to Track Health Insurance Benefits at Retailers, Other Big Businesses

    PRINCTEON, N.J. -- A bill signed by New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine last week requires the state Department of Human Services to keep track of which businesses rely on NJ FamilyCare, a Medicaid-funded health care program for working-poor families, to provide medical benefits for a minimum of 50 employees, according to a published report.

  • European Private Label Will Be Worth $550 Billion by 2010: Research

    WATFORD, England -- According global food and grocery research firm IGD here, private label food and grocery items will make up 26.8 percent the market across Europe within the next four years.

  • Nonprofit Group Claims That Milk Labels Are Misleading in Some Phoenix Stores

    CHURCHVILLE, VA. -- According to the Center for Global Food Issues (CGFI), a nonprofit group here, trained campaign workers it recently sent to Arizona grocery and convenience stores found that many of the milk products in the dairy case were "being sold based on false and misleading claims -- many of which violate state and federal regulations for food marketing."

  • Nonprofit Group Claims That Milk Labels Are Misleading in Some Phoenix Stores

    CHURCHVILLE, VA. -- According to the Center for Global Food Issues (CGFI), a nonprofit group here, trained campaign workers it recently sent to Arizona grocery and convenience stores found that many of the milk products in the dairy case were "being sold based on false and misleading claims -- many of which violate state and federal regulations for food marketing."

  • Survey Finds Buyers Should Prep Better for Vendor Meetings

    RIDGEWOOD, N.J. - Retail buyers need to be better prepared for meetings with vendors, according to a new study by consultancy MOHR Access here. Buyers not only often enter into negotiations without clarifying their objectives, the study found, but also become distracted by secondary issues.
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