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  • Wal-Mart Names Saatchi & Saatchi X as Communications Agency of Record

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has appointed Springdale, Ark.-based Saatchi & Saatchi X as its Agency of Record (AOR) for shopper, in-store, and associate communications. The retailer has worked with Saatchi & Saatchi for the last seven years.

  • Wal-Mart Says July Comp Sales Sunny

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores here said Saturday that it estimated U.S. same-store sales growth for July was at 4.4, falling solidly within its earlier guidance of 3 to 5 percent.

  • Kroger's Coaster Ride Ends in Slight Dip

    CINCINNATI ¿ Kroger Co.'s stock price was whipped about by the market yesterday, after a financial analyst from J.P. Morgan said the chain's reported gains for the first quarter could not be sustained, and its strong outlook on the rest of the year was probably too ambitious.

  • ACNielsen and SPINS Expand Coverage of Natural Products Industry

    SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and SAN FRANCISCO -- ACNielsen U.S. and SPINS yesterday said they would jointly expand SPINSscan Conventional, an information service tracking sales of natural and organic products across grocery, drug, and mass merchandise retail outlets.

  • Spectra and ACNielsen Launch Expanded Loyalty-building Service for Retailers

    CHICAGO -- Spectra and ACNielsen U.S., both part of the VNU Marketing Information group, yesterday announced the launch of Category ShareCast, a Spectra service powered by the ACNielsen Homescan consumer panel that provides consumer packaged goods retailers with a "new approach" to measuring and building shopper loyalty. The service is designed to provide retailers with a better understanding of their share of each shopper's total category-specific spending while identifying opportunities to capture more of that spending.

  • Costco Earnings Rise

    ISSAQUAH, Wash. - Costco Wholesale Corp., based here, today reported a 29 percent increase in quarterly profit, and a strong same-store sales increase of 11 percent.

  • Kroger Cuts Back on 24-Hour Stores In N.W. Ohio, S.E. Mich.

    TOLEDO -- Seven of the 22 Kroger Co. stores in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan are no longer 24-hour operations due to lack of business during the wee hours of the morning, according to a report in The Toledo Blade.

  • ACNielsen Signs Big Y

    SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - ACNielsen U.S. on Monday announced that Big Y has joined the list of retailers whose product sales information will be included in ACNielsen's category management intelligence system, Category Business Planner (CBP).
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