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- 8/25/2010
Q2, Half Year Looking Up for Ahold
Ahold revealed overall net sales increases, helped by recent business acquisitions. - 8/25/2010
Stater Bros. to Offer Flu Shots Chainwide
Regional independent Stater Bros. Supermarkets is teaming up with Mollen Immunization Clinics to offer flu vaccinations at all 167 stores starting September 1 through October 23. - 8/25/2010
Sam's Club Hosting National Savings Event
The occasion marks the first anniversary of the chain’s "eValues" program. - 8/25/2010
Crest, Oral-B Recruit Young Acress to Push Tween Oral Care Line
Alyson Stoner is helping to launch Pro-Health FOR ME -- along with her mom. - 8/25/2010
Shell and Kroger Team Up at the Pump
Companies expand exclusive alliance to offer customer rewards to new markets. - 8/24/2010
Editor’s Note: Location! Location! Location!
While most retailers are familiar with this term, nowadays it applies more to consumers and their mobile devices than to retailers and their stores, thanks to location-based services such as Foursquare and the newly-launched Facebook Places. - 8/24/2010
Walsh Becomes SVP , Industry Relations, Education and Research
Eleven-year veteran Patrick J. Walsh heads collaborative industry initiatives for the trade group. - 8/24/2010
Speaking of Coupons…
Digital coupon use grew 100 percent -- with savings totaling more than $1 billion -- during the year ending June 30, according to digital coupon distribution platform Coupons.com. - 8/24/2010
OTA Honors Pioneering Suppliers
Organic Valley's Theresa Marquez and Kamut International's Bob Quinn will receive the 2010 Organic Leadership Awards. - 8/24/2010
Facebook’s Answer to Foursquare
Facebook last week launched its location-based service -- Facebook Places (www.facebook.com/places) --which enables its members to share where they are in real-time from their mobile device. It’s similar to the popular Foursquare platform, though one key difference is that Facebook already has more than half a billion members.