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Participation in grocery store frequent-shopper programs has grown to 66 percent of U.S. households, up from 55 percent in 1997 and 35 percent in 1996,

I've never seen a bumper sticker that said 'I'd rather be groceryshopping,'" says Phil Hawkes, former executive vp of Phoenix-based ABCOFoods.Food retailers

Study shows online shopper gains in software, book purchases.If you are a marketer of books, airline tickets, or computer software, you might give extra

The last two years have witnessed a voracious feeding frenzy in the food retailing industry: Albertson's Inc., Boise, ID, America's fifth largest U.S.

Minneapolis is about as modest as a marketplace gets. Supermarkets here have the fewest health and beauty care, paper goods, beer, and books/magazines

Going Postal No, you can't actually mail a letter at Wal-Mart. But for one day last month, you could get stamped there.The U.S. Postal Service issued

Got a question for retail buyers that you're too shy to ask? Promo Edge's Retail Research Center polls buyers nationwide with your questions, and we print

FSI and sampling giant Valassis Communications is suing rival The Sunflower Group, alleging that Sunflower employees offered "financial and/or other inducements"

San Antonio shoppers must like a good read every week. All the grocers in the market use circulars. That's right, 100 percent. San Antonio also tops the

Changing Courses Midstream Kraft Foods is revamping its six-month-old corporate marketing campaign with more emphasis on consumer promotion and co-marketing