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By selling previously viewed video and DVD titles that the big-box retailers don't carry, grocers can turn the category into a high-margin profit center.

Grocers, producers, and especially consumers are all reaping the rewards of more consistent organic produce.

HILLSBORO, Ore. - Determined to build its first store in Oregon's Washington County, Wal-Mart is taking its case to the state's Court of Appeals, according to the Oregonian. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant's decision is the latest development in an 18-month battle over traffic, design, and location of the proposed store.

MADISON, Wis. - Two men who say they were deceived into thinking they were buying wild salmon when they were really getting farm-raised fish have filed separate but similar lawsuits in Dane County Circuit Court, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., citing improvements in its distribution network, said yesterday it has decided not to build a 1.2 million-square-foot regional distribution center in Wallkill, N.Y., according to AP and other published sources.

The past year has seen supermarkets re-evaluate store formats and merchandising strategies to keep ahead of -- or, in some cases, keep up with -- the competition.

INDIANAPOLIS - The Kroger Co. yesterday reached an agreement with the union representing 4,000 of its workers in this market, averting a strike while preserving health and pension benefits and boosting wages.

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Responding to widespread changes in consumer shopping patterns, ACNielsen U.S. today announced a comprehensive retail measurement solution that offers significantly enhanced coverage of the complex U.S. consumer packaged goods marketplace.