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Wal-Mart Launches Online Marketplace
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said this week that its Web site, Walmart.com, has added nearly 1 million new items to its online product assortment with the launch of the new “Walmart Marketplace,” which enables a select group of retailers to offer additional products at Walmart.com.
Dominick’s Rolls Out Price-Cutting Campaign
In the wake of a recent round of price cuts implemented by a rival regional supermarket chain earlier this year, Dominick’s 81 stores in the Chicago area are implementing price cuts on everyday items that will be flagged with yellow tags alongside special discounts for loyalty card holders.

Walmart Offers Walk-in Bill Pay

Walmart has deployed new bill payment services that enable shoppers to pay their utility, loans and similar bills in person at all of its locations in the U.S.
Sam’s Club Cuts Out Paper Coupons

Sam’s Club is giving its members the chance to say goodbye to coupon clipping. The warehouse club division of Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart has introduced of eValues, a personalized digital savings program providing paperless coupons.
Yogurt Giant Offers Course in ‘Dannonomics’

Dannon wants consumers to view its yogurt as a key back-to-school staple, and so has launched a coupon promotion across several of its product lines.
Walmart Mail Delivery Prescription Program Widens Access

Following a successful May pilot launch in Michigan, Walmart plans to offer a 90-day supply of about 300 generic prescriptions, each for $10 by free mail delivery, throughout the Midwest and Northeast.
StarKist Unseals First Major Push for Pouched Tuna

StarKist is asking consumers to "Think Tuna" in a new campaign that promotes the different flavors and uses of its shelf-stable pouched products.
Nielsen: U.S. Private Label Sales Up 7.4 percent

Consumers are continuing to purchase private label products at an increasing rate, per new research from The Nielsen Co.
Wal-Mart Q2 Earnings Exceed Consensus Estimates; Same Store Sales Slip

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. second quarter earnings surpassed analysts' expectations but same store sales declined 1.2 percent vs. a 4.3 percent gain a year earlier, prompting it to take a conservative outlook for the third quarter same store sales expectations of 2 percent.
Hispanic Consumers a Cure for Recession Blues?

The more than 350 attendees at the Hispanic Retail 360 Summit gathered for the second day in Las Vegas to examine what effects the recession has had on Hispanic consumers and their shopping habits.

Wal-Mart Launches Online Marketplace

Dominick’s Rolls Out Price-Cutting Campaign

Walmart Offers Walk-in Bill Pay

Sam’s Club Cuts Out Paper Coupons

Yogurt Giant Offers Course in ‘Dannonomics’

Walmart Mail Delivery Prescription Program Widens Access

StarKist Unseals First Major Push for Pouched Tuna

Nielsen: U.S. Private Label Sales Up 7.4 percent

Wal-Mart Q2 Earnings Exceed Consensus Estimates; Same Store Sales Slip

Hispanic Consumers a Cure for Recession Blues?