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  • Wal-Mart Slashing 11,200 Sam’s Clubs Jobs

    In the wake of hiring an independent marketing firm to perform in-store demonstrations at its Sam’s Clubs, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will cut 11,200 jobs at the division, according to published reports.
  • 2010 Tapped as ‘Breakout Year’ for Private Label

    Although some experts are forecasting that national brands will rebound as the recession eases this year, a retail analyst expects store brands to keep gaining market share, the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s PLMA e-Scanner newsletter reported.
  • Lowest Price Not Always the Best Price

    U.S.-based store brands are benefiting big time from the current economic downturn. As consumers continue to turn to better prices and value, retailers have clearly stepped up their game by enhancing their brands’ overall product quality and by adding strong marketing muscle behind store-brand initiatives.
  • Walmart Readies to Shutter 10 U.S. Sam’s Clubs

    Walmart said it will close 10 underperforming Sam’s Club stores later this month and cut 1,500 jobs to reduce costs.
  • Innovation Creates Opportunities for CPG Growth

    Throughout the recession, retailers and manufacturers have stepped up efforts to bring about innovation that seizes the moment and “drives the recession wave” rather than “rides the recession wave.”
  • Editor’s Note: Sugar & Spice

    Manufacturers continue to modify ingredients for health in 2010.
  • Sam’s Club to Offer Nutrisystem in Over 600 Locations

    Sam’s Club has teamed up with Nutrisystem, Inc. to offer Sam’s Club 47 million members cards for the weight-management and services provider’s 35-day program, which includes its recently introduced Omega Chews, in over 600 of the Wal-Mart division’s clubs across the country, beginning late this month.
  • CSNEWS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Redner’s Markets Steps Up Security

    Browsing the show floor at the FMI Show in March 2008, Cory Deily, director of security and loss prevention at Reading, Pa.-based Redner’s Markets, Inc. wasn’t looking for a new security system.
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