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The Sandpoint, Idaho Yoke's Fresh Market keeps snowbirds warm in winter and hikers hydrated in summer -- and wields service and signature programs to keep Wal-Mart at bay.

Grocers are applying -- and bettering -- the marketing strategies of their CPG brethren when it comes to private label.

WILTON, Conn. -- Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble are identified as the "best of the best" in this year's PoweRanking Study released this week by Cannondale Associates, based here. The annual study highlights those manufacturers and retailers who have sustained positive performance over time.

CINCINNATI -- With a new round of bargaining sessions beginning today and continuing through Sunday, the labor union representing some 10,000 Kroger Co. employees here intensified its efforts to put the heat on the retailer for contract concessions by circulating handbills outside stores and throughout the community.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart c.e.o. Lee Scott said he feels "good," "excited," and "optimistic" about the upcoming holiday season, during the second day of the company's analyst and investor meeting yesterday in Rogers, Ark.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart c.e.o. Lee Scott said he feels "good," "excited," and "optimistic" about the upcoming holiday season, during the second day of the company's analyst and investor meeting yesterday in Rogers, Ark.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart yesterday offered a peek into its shoppers' changing Halloween habits for 2007.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart yesterday offered a peek into its shoppers' changing Halloween habits for 2007.