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NEW YORK -- The retail industry will become more segmented and customer-driven by the year 2015, predicts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Retail & Consumer Industry Practice and TNS Retail Forward in a new report released yesterday.ing its service area to include municipalities throughout New England

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -Nonfoods and health and wellness trade association Global Market Development Center (GMDC) yesterday said it nominated Karen Bakewell, director of GM/HBC merchandising for Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spartan Stores, Inc. to its board of directors.

VIENNA, Va. -- The National Confectioners Association (NCA) here, sponsor of the All Candy Expo, said yesterday that the dates of the 2008 show have moved to May 20 to May 22. The event is billed by the association as the largest confectionery, cookie, and snack show in the Americas.

NEWARK, Del. - Members of the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here can license the newly-expanded "Be Food Safe" consumer food-safety education campaign free for one year, thanks to an agreement between PMA and the nonprofit Partnership for Food Safety Education.

NEWARK, Del. - Members of the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here can license the newly-expanded "Be Food Safe" consumer food-safety education campaign free for one year, thanks to an agreement between PMA and the nonprofit Partnership for Food Safety Education.

SEATTLE - Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. is the target of a lawsuit by a family here claiming its two children suffered E. coli infections after eating the supplier's ground beef patties.

NEW YORK -- The Nielsen Co. yesterday launched two new Internet and mobile measurement services -- Nielsen Online and Nielsen Mobile -- to provide clients with an integrated suite of solutions for global measurement of consumer behavior across all media platforms.

SEATTLE - Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. is the target of a lawsuit by a family here claiming its two children suffered E. coli infections after eating the supplier's ground beef patties.