NEW YORK - Noah Hanft, general counsel for MasterCard International, has issued a statement concerning MasterCard's arguments for dismissing the Wal-Mart lawsuit against MasterCard and Visa.
ONTARIO - Canadian supermarket operator Loblaw Cos. Ltd. is the latest on a growing list of Canadian retailers to nix the check payment method, the National Post reports.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Time-pressured consumers are making convenience-oriented food and cleaning items some of the fastest-growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) products on the market, according to the most recent ACNielsen Consumer Pre*View survey of consumer attitudes and behaviors.
SAN FRANCISCO - Giant Eagle Inc. and McKesson Corporation have expanded their relationship beyond pharmaceutical distribution to create an automated refill center for customers at select Giant Eagle stores.
LONDON - Two of the UK's biggest supermarkets, Tesco and Wal-Mart-owned Asda, have announced price cuts to lure shoppers through their doors, BBC news reports.
Whether they'll be improving operating efficiency or upgrading the shopping experience, a wide range of technologies promise to start going mainstream in 2003.
Online operations of big grocery chains maneuvered through the dot-com devastation and are now showing positive signs of life. They're finding that the payoffs from Internet retailing reach beyond incremental sales.
