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General News September 2010 |
Trade Show Buzz By Kelly Lewis
It's September: the weather is finally cooling down and the holidays are just around the corner. In the spirit of the impending season, many trade shows are switching gears from summer to holiday by featuring charity events and ...
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Tests show Gulf seafood safe, lends hope to retailers and suppliers
By Kelly Lewis
It's been tried, tested and proven true: seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is undoubtedly safe.
As tests continue to show that seafood from the Gulf has not been tainted by the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil ....
| Beecher's Handmade Cheese to open in Manhattan
By Ellen Ranta
NEW YORK-Seattle-based Beecher's Handmade Cheese will open a second factory and retail store here next year. As of April 1, Beecher's will be producing, sampling and retailing their cheeses on both coasts, said Kurt Dammeier, Beecher's Founder and ....
| California considers ban on plastic bags at checkout
By Ellen Ranta
SACRAMENTO-California lawmakers came one step closer to enacting a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags in June, when the state Assembly passed a bill requiring shoppers to bring their own bags or pay at least 5 cents for ....
| Sam's Club to offer members small-business loans
By Kelly Lewis
Sam's Club is testing a new online program to offer between $5,000 and $25,000 in loans to club members who own small businesses. The retailer is partnering with Superior Financial Group on the project and aims to provide ....
| Organic Trade Association puts pressure on the USDA to correct Dietary Guidelines
By Kelly Lewis
Members of the Organic Trade Association have called on the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of Human and Health Services to make clear the benefits of organic consumption in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, ....
| Winn-Dixie to close 30 stores by end of month
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-Winn-Dixie has announced that it will close 30 stores throughout the Southeast by Sept. 22. In addition to the jobs that will be eliminated by the store closures, the company will also cut 120 positions in their corporate office ....
| Fancy Food Show donates to City Harvest
NEW YORK-When the Fancy Food Show came to a close, an approximate 150,000 pounds of specialty foods and beverages were collected and donated to City Harvest, a New York-based food rescue organization.
This was the 21st year that Fancy ....
| roduce sales up 3 percent, report says
WASHINGTON-According to FreshFacts on Retail--the quarterly research report of the United Fresh Foundation, based here-during the first quarter of 2010, sales data shows that shoppers increased their produce purchases, which resulted in more than a 3 percent growth in sales ....
| Store brands continue to outpace national brands, study says
NEW YORK-Private label scored strong gains across all major U.S. retail channels in 2009 as consumers increasingly switched from national brands and drove store brands to all-time highs in both volume and total revenue, as well as market share, according ....
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Gearing up for the holidays
Recently, I interviewed Pam Danziger, retail expert and the author of Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience...
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