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  Retail-tainment Tonight

  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

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  Change In Store

  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.

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  The Mall in the Family Room

  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

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  Account-Specific Spotlight: Minneapolis-St. Paul

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

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  At Retail

  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

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  Retailer Realities

  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

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  Account-Specific Spotlight: San Antonio

  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

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  Samplers Clash in Court

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

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  For Your Consideration: The Service Merchandise Case

  A new lawsuit in Florida is raising eyebrows among marketers operating instant win/scratch-and-win promotions in that state. Last December, Florida Attorney

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  At Retail

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