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Wal-Mart Melds Merchandising and Operations to Sharpen Customer FocusWal-Mart has created a new merchandising execution department, which will focus more strategically on brand strategy and more powerfully align merchandising and operations. The new organization will be led by Andy Barron, senior vice president of store merchandising execution, will design merchandi Read More... |
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IRI: Baby Boomers to Yield $50 Billion Growth for Private Label and Healthy Lines
The latest IRI research, "Baby Boomers II: Preparing for the Upcoming Wave of Aging Shopper Growth," reveals that store brand spending increases with age. The study examines baby boomer lifestyle changes and identifies top-indexing food and non-food categories, recession-driven shopping patterns and key opportunities for private label and health and wellness products. "Many retailer strategies today assume that boomers are a homogeneous group, and, as a result, their strategies are too general to be effective," said Thom Blischok, president of IRI Consulting & Innovation.
Source: IRI
Better-for-You Foods to Grow Significantly Over the Next Decade
In its new report, "A Look into The Future of Eating," The NPD Group forecasts that better-for-you foods -- such as organic and light or low-calorie foods and beverages -- will be among the fastest growing food trends over the next decade.
Source: The NPD Group
Private Label Trends - Update 2009
This special update to the Private Label Trends Worldwide report addresses the acceleration of private labels as the retailers respond to the current economic downturn.
Source: Research and Markets Ltd.
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Chris Silva Promoted to President, Morningstar Division of Dean Foods
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GFSI Successfully Benchmarks the GlobalG.A.P Aquaculture and Livestock Schemes
Source: GFSI
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Announces New Board Chairman
Source: Global Food Safety Initiative