Research & Analysis

A slow economy, growing national chains, and a dire need for differentiation have retail executives looking favorably on store brands.

There's a big opportunity for supermarkets in the home-office supply business. The question is whether they'll go after it.

As manufacturers tighten up on merchandising money, retailers who want a share will need to have high-quality shopper data at the ready.

Retailers see the growing natural and organic meats category as a way to boost sales and slow customer defections to specialty stores.

PHILADELPHIA - Responding to customer criticism and a decline in its market share, regional chain Genuardi's has launched an advertising campaign to apologize for changes made in its stores after Safeway Inc. acquired the company 21 months ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Leading office products retailer Office Depot Inc. on Thursday said it plans to open shops inside some Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. stores.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - LML Payment Systems Inc. announced that its subsidiary LML Payment Systems Corp. has successfully rolled out both electronic check and traditional recovery services to Grocers Supply Co. Inc. and 49 multi-lane grocery stores with 268 locations in the Houston, Texas area.

STAMFORD, Conn. - In an unusual business move, Guinness Bass Import Company, a division of Diageo, is offering to reimburse its distributors to remove its discontinued Captain Morgan Gold brand, a flavored malt beverage that didn't perform to the company's expectations.