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  • Wegmans Adopts Agribuys Trading Platform

    TORRANCE, Calif. - Agribuys, a supply chain integrator for the global food industry, today announced the adoption of its perishables trading platform by Wegmans Food Markets Inc. of Rochester, N.Y.
  • Purina and Wegmans Achieve Full Data Synchronization and System Integration With UCCnet

    LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - UCCnet announced today that Wegmans Food Markets and the Nestle Purina PetCare Company (formerly Ralston Purina Company) are now using UCCnet services for communicating product information for all Purina product categories carried by Wegmans.
  • Fleming Resumes Shipments to Kmart

    DALLAS - Fleming announced on Thursday that it has been named a "critical vendor" to Kmart by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and that $76 million of Fleming's pre-petition merchandise receivables claim will be paid by Kmart today.
  • Wal-Mart Poised to Become World's Largest Company

    NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is on pace to record more than $220 billion in revenue for the 2001 fiscal year, which would make it the world's largest company according to Fortune magazine's annual list, The Associated Press reports.
  • Report: Fleming Pushed Kmart Over the Edge

    NEW YORK - The news that Fleming Cos., Kmart's major food distributor, had decided on Monday to halt shipments after the retailer failed to pay its weekly bill was the final nail in the coffin for Kmart, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, according to a report published by Retail Merchandiser magazine.
  • Industry Conference to Connect Retailers with the 'New Consumer'

    NEW YORK - This year's Store-Specific Merchandising and Marketing Conference -- being held April 10-12 at Disney's Grand Floridian Hotel in Orlando, Fla. -- is entitled, "Connecting with the New Consumer."
  • Kmart Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

    TROY, Mich. - Kmart Corp. announced today that the company and 37 of its U.S. subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
  • Kmart Announces Changes in Top Management

    TROY, Mich. - Kmart Corporation today announced that James B. Adamson has been elected non-executive chairman of the board of directors effective immediately, and will serve as the principal liaison between the board and the company's senior management.
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