Consultant

November 20, 2002 -- SAN DIEGO, CA -- ICON Group International Ltd. today released two comprehensive studies on labor productivity and vertical gap analysis benchmarks for The Kroger Co.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sales growth for the world's top 100 retailers in 2001 was significantly hampered by the global economic slowdown, forcing many companies to retrench or divest as profitability became challenging, according to a new report by Retail Forward.

WASHINGTON -- The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) recently named Big Y Foods, Springfield, Mass., the winner of the first-ever Awards of Excellence competition, in recognition of the company's successful practices and accomplishments in human resources and training and development fields of the food retail industry.

TROY, Mich. (PRNewswire)--What do Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Kohl's, and Circuit City have in common? They were all rated at the top of their retail channels by consumers surveyed across the country.

MIDDLESEX - Safeway Stores Plc. has selected KhiMetrics Inc. to play a key role in its merchandising strategies for 480 stores throughout the United Kingdom.

PHOENIX - Intesource, a food industry procurement company, has been selected by Carteret, N.J.-based Pathmark Stores to assist the retailer in procuring a variety of goods and services.

ARDMORE, Pa. - Investor relations firm Gregory FCA, based in Ardmore, Pa., has found that institutional investors have increased their holdings in the food retail industry by nearly 11 percent in the most recently reported quarter.

LOS ANGELES - Hispanic households in Los Angeles, home to the largest population of Hispanics in the United States, are much less likely to belong to a grocery store frequent shopper program than non-Hispanics, according to new research from ACNielsen U.S.