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
Cisco Systems' sale of its home networking business to Belkin International marks the end of a 10-year odyssey through the world of consumer products, but the company plans to keep reaching consumers through their carriers and cable ...
Consumer products executives expect their highest growth to come from the warehouse club channel compared with any other retail sales channel over the next three years, including mass merchandise, grocery, and e-commerce, according to new ...
As brick and mortar and online retail channels merge, store operations executives are struggling with two key issues: visibility into incoming online demand and aligning this demand with in-store labor. To overcome these issues, early ...
Tags: Kronos, Manhattan, Digital Strategy
Volatility in global commodity markets remained a significant factor for the food industry during 2012. On the one hand, adverse weather conditions hit grain harvests causing prices to spike, while on the other, over-supply has meant cocoa ...
Sainsbury's was the "stand-out performer" in the UK's grocery market in the last three months, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer's sales climbed 6.4% in the 12 weeks to 28 October, increasing its share of ...
Tags: grocery market, sales, grocery
US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
Tags: Foods, Foods industry, profit, operating profit
US baker Flowers Foods has reported a slight lift in third-quarter earnings, which were boosted by "solid" sales gains. In a regulatory filing yesterday (8 November) the company said net income rose to US$31.2m in the three months to 6 ...
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The latest batch of reports from the just-food research store includes a look at the baking ingredients market in Australia, global food and grocery retailing and consumer trends in speciality rice. INGREDIENTS Baking ingredients market ...
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Tons Lightology, a Taiwan-based commercial LED lighting products maker, aims to increase the proportion of total revenues from own-brand sales from 10% currently to 30% in 2013, according to company chairman Tang Shih-chuan. Global demand ...
Tags: Taiwan-based commercial LED, LED products maker, lights
OrderDynamics, Canada’s leading on-demand commerce platform provider, today announced Eclipse, a National retailer of women’s apparel, has selected OrderDynamics to launch their first eCommerce initiative to unify retail and ...
Tags: commerce platform, Eclipse, women's apparel, online storefront
Salus Capital Partners, LLC announced it has provided a $65 million Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) Credit Facility to HMX Group, a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of men’s and women’s business and leisure apparel. The ...
Tags: LLC, HMX, leisure apparel, business appare, DIP financing
China Xiniya Fashion Limited, a leading provider of men's business casual apparel in China, announced that the total value of purchase orders for its 2013 Spring and Summer Collection showcased during its biannual sales fair held in ...
Tags: Fashion, casual apparel, purchase orders, menswear
Christopher & Banks Corporation, a specialty women's apparel retailer, announced that it has completed the search, commenced in February 2012, for a successor to Chief Executive Officer Joel Waller. The Company's Board of Directors ...
Tags: Christopher&Banks Corporation, retailer, women's apparel
Kerry,the global ingredients&flavours and consumer foods group,issues the following Interim Management Statement for the nine months to 30 September 2012 and reaffirms outlook for full year. Business PERFORMANCE The Group continued to ...
Tags: Kerry Group, growth targets, consumer foods, sales