Research & Analysis

LONDON - UK retailer Marks & Spencer has continued its turnaround with a 30 percent rise in profits and will now concentrate on organic growth, including the launch of up to 20 more specialist food shops.

MINNEAPOLIS - Supervalu Inc. announced today it has completed its acquisition of Deal$ -- Nothing Over a Dollar, LLC, a general merchandise retailer specializing in single price point merchandise.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Packaging provider Pactiv Corporation today announced an agreement to purchase Winkler Forming Inc., a thermoformer of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) for food packaging, for $72.5 million.

NORFOLK, Va. - PETA last week declared a moratorium on its boycott of Safeway, saying the retailer has agreed to its demands to implement new minimum standards of animal welfare.

NEW YORK - According to the just-released eMarketer report, CPG Online, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, which are among the world's leading advertisers in terms of both total budgets and marketing expertise, account for a remarkably small portion of overall internet advertising.

LONDON - The Trix Rabbit has a rainbow of fruit flavors to choose from; why should people have a rainbow of carrot colors to select from?

LANDOVER, Md. - Giant Food, owned by Royal Ahold, has announced it will open a new fresh food distribution center in Howard County, Maryland that should be in operation by the mid-summer of 2003.

CAMDEN, N.J. - Campbell Soup Co. today said it is pursuing possible additions to its portfolio of brands, which includes Pepperidge Farm cookies and V8 beverages, Reuters reports.