The National Advertising Division has recommended Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., a mid-Atlantic grocery store chain, modify certain in-store comparison pricing displays following a challenge by Costco Wholesale Corporation. …
The supermarket operator is adding bar-and-restaurant combos to four stores in Omaha and one in Council Bluffs. …
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. drew more shoppers to its namesake stores in the United States and its online sales soared 29% in its fiscal fourth quarter, which covers the crucial holiday shopping season. That's an indication that its efforts to lower prices and improve Web services are helping it compete better against Amazon.com Inc., which has built fierce loyalty with its Prime two-day shipping program. …
For consumers, Amazon's made shipping easy: Just choose the desired delivery date for your goodies and click. For the manufacturers who have to get those products to you, however, shipping remains a troublesome, inefficient, stubbornly analog business. Your "one-click" often translates into multiple phone calls, emails, faxes and reams of paperwork — all coordinated by a knowledgeable and well-connected professional. …
Just how effective and impactful are Northwest Pear export promotions? That was the question that Pear Bureau Northwest (PBNW) set out to answer with an econometric study. The study, conducted by Dr. Harry Kaiser of Cornell, Dr. Timothy Richards of Arizona State and Dr. Roman Keeney of Purdue University, was an in-depth look into the marginal benefit cost ratio (BCR) and the promotion elasticity for each of the Pear Bureau’s top export markets, and the impacts that Northwest pear promotions have had on the overall farm sector. …
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