first-half 2011 coupon redemption volume reached 1.75 billion, a moderate 2.9 percent increase compared to the first half of last year.
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Deloitte: Back-to-School Shoppers Try to Outsmart Inflation
Despite a volatile economy and rising costs for everyday necessities, consumers plan to keep their back-to-school spending intact by turning to savvy shopping tactics, smartphones and social networks, according to a new Deloitte survey.
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SymphonyIRI Group Delivers Shopper Insights for Walmart
SymphonyIRI Group has announced a new relationship supporting Walmart’s customer-centric initiatives whereby the two companies are introducing a next-generation, Web-based shopper insights and collaborative planning platform called Customer Advantage™. Powered by SymphonyIRI’s Liquid Data™ technology and marketing analytics, Customer Advantage will be available from SymphonyIRI beginning August 2011. Leveraging SymphonyIRI’s Consumer Network™, Customer Advantage delivers […]
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New Digital Marketing Program Provides Websites, Apps for IGA Retailers
IGA on July 20 launched IGALink, a new digital marketing program that provides unique full-featured grocery websites and mobile web apps to each of over 900 IGA USA retailers operating more than 1,200 stores, giving every IGA USA retailer a website for the first time in IGA history. The individual websites are easily customizable, making […]
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How to ‘Benefit Disproportionately’ from the Current Economic Climate
Willard Bishop: Use private label, cost control, smart negotiating tactics to grow market share by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Traditional supermarkets are losing market share as consumers move to other formats, like supercenter and dollar stores, according to consulting firm Willard Bishop in its The Future of Food Retailing 2011 report. Traditional grocery formats, including limited […]
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Food/Beverage Execs Foresee Improved 2011 Performance
Senior financial executives of global food and beverage companies expect to achieve improved financial performance in 2011
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Meijer Customers Can Order Online, Pick Up at Store
Merging online and in-store shopping, Meijer has introduced a program that allows shoppers to place an order on Meijer.com and have the merchandise shipped—at no cost—directly to their local Meijer store for pickup. The online program, called “Order-to-Store,” will include thousands of items found on ordertostore.meijer.com, including furniture and home products, sporting goods, kitchen appliances, […]
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U.S. Retailers Lose More Than $37B a Year to Retail Theft
Retailers lost more than $37 billion to theft last year, according to an annual survey conducted by the University of Florida with a funding grant from security systems integrator ADT Commercial. The National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) preliminary results show an increase in theft by nearly $4 billion, from $33.5 billion in 2009 to $37.1 […]