Target, Inc.

BATAVIA, Ohio -- In a move that surprised many in the CPG and natural foods industry, Clorox Co., which makes Clorox bleach, Kingsford charcoal, and Brita water filters yesterday bought natural HBC company Burt's Bees in a $950 million cash deal.

WILTON, Conn. -- Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble are identified as the "best of the best" in this year's PoweRanking Study released this week by Cannondale Associates, based here. The annual study highlights those manufacturers and retailers who have sustained positive performance over time.

Grocers are applying -- and bettering -- the marketing strategies of their CPG brethren when it comes to private label.

Grocers are applying -- and bettering -- the marketing strategies of their CPG brethren when it comes to private label.

WILTON, Conn. -- Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble are identified as the "best of the best" in this year's PoweRanking Study released this week by Cannondale Associates, based here. The annual study highlights those manufacturers and retailers who have sustained positive performance over time.

Grocers are applying -- and bettering -- the marketing strategies of their CPG brethren when it comes to private label.

WASHINGTON -- The Food Marketing Institute (FMI), NACDS, and the National Retail Federation expressed their support yesterday as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security for spotlighted the national problem of organized retail crime at a hearing. The trade groups are pushing for a law to make it a federal felony for all of the members of the gangs involved..

WASHINGTON -- The Food Marketing Institute (FMI), NACDS, and the National Retail Federation expressed their support yesterday as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security for spotlighted the national problem of organized retail crime at a hearing. The trade groups are pushing for a law to make it a federal felony for all of the members of the gangs involved..