by - August 6, 2014 4:30 pm
General Mills is pushing its sustainability goals by insisting that the companies it uses in its products and packaging take steps to shrink their carbon footprint and reduce water usage….
by - August 6, 2014 11:15 am
After passing once on a chance to buy rival Family Dollar, Bloomberg reports that Dollar General is working with an advisor to evaluate its option about a counter bid to…
by - August 5, 2014 5:43 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has plenty of publicity-generating irons in the fire from onshoring manufacturing jobs, hiring veterans and sustainability pushes. But one initiative that often goes underreported is the…
by - August 5, 2014 1:13 pm
Drugstore giant Walgreens announced a change in top management as Wade Miquelon, chief financial officer will exit the company. He is the second top executive to abandon ship ahead of…
by - July 31, 2014 11:03 am
Big box retailer Target chose Brian Cornell as its newest chairman and CEO after a long search following the company’s security breach and lackluster results from the previous year. Cornell,…
by - July 24, 2014 7:31 pm
When Tom arrives at work, he enjoys spending time with co-workers and simply getting time out of the house. He says the paycheck “is just icing on the cake.” Tom…
by - July 14, 2014 5:16 pm
• Sweet deal for Lindt & Sprüngli Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli agreed to acquire Russell Stover Candies. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but the deal makes…
by - July 8, 2014 9:58 pm
One million taco plates. And potentially more local jobs. That was the order and the impact Wal-Mart handed to Hugh Jarratt of Fayetteville and his local manufacturer PolyTech Moldings in…
by - July 8, 2014 2:14 pm
When Wal-Mart calls, people listen. And the listening could result in more new manufacturing jobs being announced in Northwest Arkansas as a result of the retailer’s efforts to buy more…
by - July 7, 2014 8:53 am
Armed with $250 billion to spend on U.S. made products through 2023, Wal-Mart Stores is holding its first “Open Call” for suppliers on Tuesday (July 8). The day full of…
by - July 3, 2014 11:54 am
Convenience, coupons and better cuisine top the list of what shoppers said they are looking for from their local grocers, noted a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. “Shoppers told us they…
by - July 3, 2014 10:23 am
For the first time since STORES Media began reporting on the Top 100 largest retailers in America, Amazon.com has joined the ranks of the 10 largest companies, rising to No. 9…
by - June 30, 2014 5:36 pm
Suppliers for Wal-Mart Stores were notified Friday (June 27) that the retailer is making two major changes – including raising the automatic deduction from a supplier’s account to $100,000 –…
by - June 26, 2014 5:28 pm
Wal-Mart and many other retailers are wrestling with inventory levels growing faster than sales. In April, Wal-Mart acknowledged during its Year Beginning Meetings that the retailer lost about $3 billion…
by - June 19, 2014 7:22 pm
The accounting battle grows larger between retail suppliers and the big retail companies as each side becomes more aggressive to collect or retain the billions of dollars that float in…
by - June 16, 2014 3:09 pm
There’s a major shift at work in the packaged foods segment with snack items leading the charge. The shift is fueled by Millennials and Gen X consumers who aren’t in…
by - June 11, 2014 2:48 pm
The best selling brands in the competitive consumer packaged goods (CPG) space are those deemed to be dependable and trustworthy, according to a recent study by market research firm BrandSpark….
by - June 10, 2014 4:52 pm
Collaboration between the retailer and supplier is nothing new, but a new facility recently opened by Crossmark in Bentonville is designed to offer a new level of technology and virtual…
by - May 29, 2014 5:12 pm
The lines between supplier and retailer are becoming more blurred in a world in which technology blends the various ways – aka, omni-channels – in which consumers and retailers interact….
by - May 22, 2014 7:16 pm
Proud to be from small town America and the daughter of migrant farmers turned business owners, Gisel Ruiz said she has witnessed the American Dream unfold for her Latino family. …
