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WASHINGTON -- Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association handed out Excellence in Data Synchronization Awards at the first Data Synchronization Summit 2006, which was held in Las Vegas earlier this month. The summit, which attracted almost 270 attendees, marked the first time that the trade groups -- together with GS1 US subsidiary 1SYNC, a data pool offering a range of data synchronization solutions -- sponsored an industry-wide event on the topic.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - ValuMarket, a family-owned grocery chain here, said yesterday that its in-store Family Pharmacies will match the value of Wal-Mart's $4 generic drug program, as well as Meijer's free antibiotic program.

ZURICH, Switzerland - Swiss retail chain Migros last week completed the installation of LED lighting to help better light its products, reduce spoilage, and reduce energy consumption in two of its Zurich stores.

ZURICH, Switzerland - Swiss retail chain Migros last week completed the installation of LED lighting to help better light its products, reduce spoilage, and reduce energy consumption in two of its Zurich stores.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said yesterday it would begin selling certain generic prescription drugs for $4 in 11 new states, bringing the total to 38 states. In addition, the company announced that it's adding 17 more prescriptions to the program.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said yesterday it would begin selling certain generic prescription drugs for $4 in 11 new states, bringing the total to 38 states. In addition, the company announced that it's adding 17 more prescriptions to the program.

NEW YORK -- When asked to name which major store or retailer does the best job of catering to the Hispanic or Latino consumer, Hispanic Americans who participated in a recent survey named Wal-Mart most often, according to GfK Omnibus Services, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. The research group released results from its Hispanic OmniTel Retail Study yesterday.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Following a successful pilot at its Aurora, Colo. "green" store, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., plans to outfit light-emitting diode (LED) display lighting in low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in over 500 U.S. stores.