Meijer is setting a goal to sell only eggs sourced from cage-free farms by the year 2025, joining a growing group of food retailers, restaurant chains and food manufacturers that have announced similar plans. "Although our current volume ...
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Food Standard Scotland (FSS) is considering a package of measures to tackle advertising, promotion and potion size of certain foods and drinks, which would be considered for taxation and regulation in order to improve Scottish diet. ...
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Online shopping trends in India are expected to continue to ride the waves of popularity, made easier and more convenient by the deep penetration of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Online shopping has increased rapidly in ...
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Consumers in India prefer cleanliness as the most important factor for visiting shopping centers, along with personal safety and security. Value retail is also a favored category for the price conscious Indian consumer. Convenience – ...
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This represents an increase of 3.2% compared with 2012 (8.1bn), and a decrease of 32% compared with 2006 (12.2bn), when reporting began. The number of thin-gauge (single-use) bags used per month by supermarket customers increased from ...
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ShopperTrak estimated that, during the holiday shopping season of November and December 2013, national retail sales increased 2.7 percent although foot traffic decreased 14.6 percent when compared to the same two months last year. The ...
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Lancer Label, a custom label expert, is encouraging distributors to work with their customers to create product labels in time for the winter holidays. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Christmas and New Year's aren't too far off. ...
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This Halloween there will be plenty of pumpkins, princesses, zombies and witches around town. According to the National Retail Federation’s 2013 Top Costumes Survey, adults and children will look to traditional favorites for their ...
Several apparel retailers worldwide are adopting various ways to attract consumers from both local and international markets. According to the clothing retailers, technology plays a vital role in retailing. In an interview with ...
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A small increase in the number of carrier bags being used by supermarket shoppers across the UK reflects changing shopping trends and shouldn’t detract from areas where excellent progress has been made, the British Retail Consortium ...
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Globalization and increasing consumerism has resulted in rapid growth of e-commerce in India and apparel has become the fastest growing segment in the country’s online retail section. The leading online retailers of the country ...
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According to a study, nearly 50% of shoppers who purchase products online first go to brick-and-mortar locations to see the product, a tactic coined 'showrooming.' With US Census retail shopping data for Q4 of 2012 revealing marginal ...
Despite cautionary spending last year, retailers may have good reason to be optimistic in 2013 – consumers are trying more fashion retailers for the first time, and most are making purchases during those visits. According to a study ...
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A change in federal tax law that decreased the take-home pay of many working Americans is impacting household budgets. According to NRF’s 2013 Tax Returns Survey conducted by BIGinsight, nearly three-quarters (73.3%) of those polled ...
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While digital technology continues to reshape the way companies and consumers interact, social media is not replacing the in-store shopping experience, according to a new report by PwC titled Demystifying the Online Shopper: 10 Myths of ...