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  • Tesco's U.S. Strategy Taking Shape: Financial Times
    LONDON -- Leading U.K. food retailer Tesco has chosen Los Angeles and Phoenix, Ariz. as its markets of entrance for the United States in 2007, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Job advertisements indicate that Tesco will brand its convenience stores as "Tesco Fresh & Easy."

  • ACNielsen Looks Into its Crystal Ball, Makes Retail Predictions for 2010
    PALM DESERT, Calif. -- RFID gains ground, Wal-Mart hits $500 billion, metal detectors at supermarket entrances -- these are some of the predictions made by market research firm ACNielsen at its Consumer 360 Conference yesterday.

  • Kroger Ups Moeder to Central Division President; Teams With Produce for Kids
    CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. here promoted Robert Moeder to president of its Indianapolis-based Central division, which includes Kroger, Hilander, Owen's and Pay Less stores in parts of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.

  • Associated Grocers of Baton Rouge, Tree of Life Moving Some Trade Shows Online
    CHICAGO -- Associated Grocers of Baton Rouge, La. and Tree of Life are the latest grocery distributors to sign partnerships with Chicago-based InXpo, a producer of online trade shows, as more companies supplement, enhance, or replace their bricks-and-mortar selling shows with online trade shows.

  • Stop & Shop Stores Aid Flood-ravaged Communities
    QUINCY, Mass. -- Faced by days of record rainfall and what's being called the worst flooding in the region in 70 years, Stop & Shop, based here, has remained a steadfast presence: Not one of the retailer's stores have closed since the downpour started, the company reported.

  • Retailers Can Boost Sales While Fighting Childhood Obesity: IRI Study
    CHICAGO -- If current trends continue, 50 percent of kids in the United States will be overweight by 2010, but healthier products aimed at children may just turn this around, according to a new report by market research firm Information Resources, Inc., based here.

  • BJ's First-Quarter Profit Plunges, But Fresh Food, Private Label Gain
    NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. here today posted net income of $15.4 million, or 23 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter ended April 29, a decline of 17 percent from the year-ago period, when the company reported net income of $18.6 million, or 27 cents per diluted share. In a conference call yesterday the company's acting c.f.o., Frank Forward, cited such factors as continued soft traffic and general merchandise trends and rapidly rising gas prices for the downturn.

  • Planet Organic Market's Eco Karma Committee 'Making a Difference'
    EDMONTON, Alta. -- Since natural and organic retailer Planet Organic Health Corp. here formed the Eco Karma Committee, an employee-based initiative dedicated to improving the environment and corporate citizenship, it's experienced a lot of changes for the better.
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