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June 16, 2011

Foodservice Insight | May 2011

With the first quarter of 2011 in the rearview mirror, the U.S. economy is continuing to show signs of recovery...

By Linda Helman

June 14, 2011

Supermarket and Convenience Store Industry Updates | June 2011

Personnel: Alon USA Energy Inc. has announced that effective May 3, 2011, Paul Eisman was named CEO of the company...

By Brian List

June 14, 2011

Food on the Run

Every time I visit my family in Oahu, the trip isn’t complete for me until we’ve gone up to the...

By Linda Helman

June 10, 2011

Walmart Debuts ‘Walmart Express’ Format

Is it a convenience store? A small grocery store? A dollar store? All of the above, or so retail giant...

By Brian List

May 15, 2011

Discount and Specialty Industry Updates

Personnel Updates: Big Lots made several merchandising moves to facilitate its planned growth. The closeout retailer announced it has hired former Sears merchandising...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 15, 2011

Walmart Drops the ‘Neighborhood’ While Targeting It

In any given month there is pretty much a guarantee that headlines will appear trumpeting the latest initiatives of Walmart,...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 15, 2010

A “Smashing” Success

In spite of challenging economic conditions, some companies have actually managed to grow and even thrive in the past three...

By Linda Helman

December 15, 2010

Losing Survivors

Researching and editing approximately 4,500 companies annually for Chain Store Guide’s database of Home Center Operators & Hardware Chains and especially the...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 2, 2009

Discount Insight: Circuit City’s Demise Feb 09

As soon as Circuit City announced its recent liquidation there was a chorus of cries proclaiming that it came as...

By Arthur Rosenberg

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