CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Harris Teeter opened its Uptown Charlotte store this week to serve a growing urban community. The 18,000-square-foot store is smaller than Harris Teeter's conventional prototype, but contains the same product selection.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Right, left or center? The debate over which entrance grocery shoppers prefer may still be open, but a new study by in-store market research firm Sorensen Associates suggests that right entry stores actually promote longer shopping trips.
CINCINNATI - The American Foundation for the Blind has said it will present its 2003 Access Award to The Kroger Co. for building a new store in suburban Cincinnati that makes shopping safer and more accessible for people who are blind or visually impaired.
While some retailers have yet to embrace 3-D CAD technology, others are quickly becoming dependent on its ability to review colors, materials, fixtures, lighting programs, and even merchandising plans.
