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"Delivering the Promise of Shopper Marketing: Mastering Execution for Competitive Advantage" showed that shopper marketing ROI is driving rapid investment and expansion in the CPG Industry, while the 2008 Customer and Channel Management (CCM) Survey: Doing More with Less: Winning Sales Strategies to Navigate a Challenging Market found that top CPG companies are seeing sales growth despite a faltering economy.

The national survey from J.D. Power and Associates found flat-rate generic prescription pricing programs general a lot of satisfaction.

The report, a joint offering from GMA and McKinsey & Co., identifies best practices in customer and channel management, as well as providing insight into key industry trends.

The trade group is helping to prepare students for management careers in retail marketing services.

The 'Dreaming in Color' campaign will feature inspirational Hispanic celebrities in broadcast ads and online.

Thanks in part to a lift from consumers who spent their economic stimulus checks disproportionately at discounters and warehouse clubs, Wal-Mart, BJ's Wholesale Club, Costco, and Target all reported increased July 2008 sales.

Wal-Mart is heating things up in downtown Miami with plans to locate next to an upscale performing arts center.

Kroger, Costco, Target, and Supervalu also made the top 10 on the annual list, which ranks all formats of retail by revenue.