The Exchange; Waco, Texas Size: 650,000 square feet Products: General merchandise SKUs: 18,000 Throughput: Ships 25,000 cases per day Shifts: 2 shifts a day/5 days per week Employees: 400 A new conveyor and sortation system ...
GS1 US is now accepting nominations for the GS1 US Apparel & General Merchandise Awards, which recognizes supply chain excellence in the retail and apparel industries. The industry awards will be presented at a networking and awards ...
Tags: Apparel Awards, Apparel
Menasha Packaging announced that it won 18 of POPAI’s Outstanding Merchandising Achievement (OMA) Awards at GlobalShop 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The packaging company won three gold, seven silver and eight bronze awards in nine ...
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Tesco's like-for-like sales in general merchandise - which includes toys, nursery, entertainment, home and more - have fallen five per cent over the past year. Total sales declined slightly, but clothing bucked the trend with a ...
Tags: Toys
Consumers cooled spending in March as the impact of colder weather across the country and harmful fiscal policy, namely the payroll tax hike, caught up to the economy and weakened retail sales. According to the National Retail Federation, ...
Tags: Economic Policy, Retail Sales
M&S delivers strongest quarterly sales growth in the last two years -Group sales +3.1% -Total UK sales +2.6%: Food +6.3%; GM –2.2% -Like for like UK sales +0.6%: Food +4.0%; GM –3.8% -Multi-channel sales +22.9% ...
Tags: Marks&Spencer, Global Sales
Eurostop, a leading supplier to the fashion, footwear and lifestyle sectors has partnered with Tax Free Worldwide to provide fully integrated processing of tax free transactions for eligible customers. Using the retailer's existing POS ...
Tags: Textile
Supermarket Sainsbury's is enjoying an uplift in general merchandise sales, which includes toys. The grocer saw like-for-like sales rise 2.1 per cent during its financial year ending March 16th, 2013. "Our general merchandise and ...
Strong sales, reflecting continued market outperformance -Total sales for fourth quarter up 7.1 per cent (6.3 per cent excluding fuel) -Like-for-like sales for fourth quarter up 4.2 per cent (3.6 per cent excluding fuel) ...
Tags: Sainsbury, clothing business, clothing
TORONTO — Sears Canada continued to lose ground in its fiscal fourth quarter as revenue fell 5.0% and same store-store sales decreased 3.8%. Earnings were flat and continued to be driven by factors other than the basics of being a ...
Prices for grocery items remain high, as unit prices in Nielsen-measured categories and retail channels have risen every month over the past two-and-a-half years. And the higher prices have consumers keenly focused on their budgets and how ...
Tags: Consumers, Growing Quest, Fresh
US general retailer Walmart has increased its share of the toy market. According to The NPD Group data for the three-month period ending December 31st, 2012, Walmart "improved market share in toys and the Walmart entertainment ...
Tags: toy market, Walmart, toy industry
Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, announced the company has been named one of the leading vendors of point of sale (POS) software, ...
Tags: Epicor Software Corporation, software solutions, BRP Survey
Walmart Canada announced that it plans to complete at least 37 supercentre projects in the company's next fiscal year, which runs from February 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014. The company also announced it will be expanding its distribution ...
Tags: Walmart Canada, distribution network, ongoing store growth
UK retailer Tesco booked better-than-expected UK sales over the key Christmas trading period as the group benefited from the various initiatives under its domestic turnaround plan. The group has invested in improving its customer ...