Inside This Issue - Opinion

FMI aims to extend retail base

In an effort to extend its retail base, the Food Marketing Institute has set out to attract as members such nonfood retailers as Walgreens, CVS, Dollar General and Family Dollar.

Retailers have to cope with uncertain world

Results of a new survey that involved 152 financial managers at global retailers offer reason to think the worst effects of the Great Recession are past, and that the industry will deliver improved results as the year unfolds.