Topco Associates LLC, the largest grocery retail cooperative in the U.S., and Aptaris, an enterprise marketing and promotions management innovator, announce results from a groundbreaking report, "Advertising and Promotional Practices Among U.S. Supermarket Retailers." The study contains responses from a benchmarking survey of 21 supermarkets representing more than 3,000 stores and $73 billion in annual retail sales. Results provide a detailed look at the successes from current practices in advertising and promotion and the future direction for supermarkets. …