Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

Forget variety -- just give me what I want.

With Wal-Mart gung ho on organics, suppliers and retailers alike will need to rethink their strategies.

In a new industry study, GMDC says grocers can boost GM sales if they seize the seasonal opportunity more aggressively.

Healthy snack manufacturers and retailers have started wooing the back-to-school market with new products, packaging, promotions, and displays.

Store brand strategy broker Daymon Worldwide sheds light on the state of business and the future for store brand growth.

BRUSSELS, Belgium and LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- GS1, the not-for-profit organization that develops global standards for the identification of goods and services across supply chains, yesterday issued the GS1 Data Quality Framework, which includes a best-practice protocol for companies to establish, implement, maintain, and improve their data quality management systems.

WASHINGTON -- With the threat of avian flu carrying the potential to disrupt business practices worldwide, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has added a special session exploring this potential pandemic to the programming at its 2006 Loss Prevention Conference and Exhibition, June 5-7 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis.

WATFORD, England -- International food and grocery research firm IGD here has forecast in a report that Wal-Mart will be the first global retailer to enter the Indian food and grocery retail market. Although the Indian retail sector, which is worth U.S. $203 billion according to the firm, is now closed to foreign direct investment, the government could allow international retailers to enter the market in the next year.