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New California Independent Grocers Leadership Faces Big Challenge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When the California Independent Grocers Association (CIGA) welcomes a new slate of elected officials for the 2005-2006 year later this month, it will be giving the incoming directors a formidable task: girding the loins of its members against attack from much bigger players converging on their markets. -
Slotting Fees Defended in Yale/Cornell Study
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- For years, retailers, manufacturers, and regulators have debated the impacts of the controversial practice of slotting allowances -- the fees manufacturers pay to retailers in exchange for shelf space to stock new products in warehouses and stores -- with little consensus. Now, a pair of academics has come down on the side of slotting.