LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix reported sales of $14.3 billion for the three months ended April 1, an 8.2% increase from the $13.2 billion in the 2022 first quarter. Comparable store sales increased 6.4%. Net earnings for the first quarter were $1.2 billion, compared to $618 million in 2022, an increase of 100.8%. Earnings per share
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. – Market Performance Group (MPG) — a leading end-to-end, strategy & services omnichannel commerce agency — announced today that it has acquired Cyrus Advisors and Select Sales & Marketing Group, two boutique retail consulting firms, well-respected for their retail prowess. These acquisitions further build on MPG’s significant, best-in-class Omnichannel Strategy & Services
ZAANDAM, the Netherlands – Ahold Delhaize said Monday that its supervisory board has nominated Jolanda Poots-Bijl to be a member of the management board. Following shareholder approval, she will assume the role of chief financial officer (CFO). Jolanda will join the company in mid-August as executive vice president, Finance and member of the executive committee
NEW YORK — National retailers and local mom-and-pop shops across Denver, Colo. and Tucson, Ariz. are participating in the new ‘Bring Your Own Bag’ Pilot, a first-of-its-kind initiative launched by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, managed by Closed Loop Partners. Many national brands in the U.S., including Consortium partners CVS Health; Target; DICK’S
CINCINNATI — Kroger announced last week that its recycling program has hit a major milestone, recycling more than one million pieces of Our Brands flexible plastic product packaging. The company shared it is offering customers more items with upcycled ingredients with the addition of two new Simple Truth products to advance sustainability. “We are continually
SEATTLE — Amazon on April 27 posted a profit of $3.2 billion for the first quarter, up from a loss of $3.8 billion in the year-ago quarter and easily surpassing analysts’ estimates. The swing to a profit came as Amazon ramped up cost-cutting measures. The company has announced two rounds of layoffs, canceled products and
WASHINGTON — Consumers plan to spend $35.7 billion on Mother’s Day this year, nearly $4 billion more than last year’s record of $31.7 billion, according to a survey released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. “Mother’s Day provides Americans with an opportunity to honor important women in their lives,”
CHICAGO – A “quick pulse survey” from Numerator provides some hints at where Bed Bath & Beyond customers will shop for home goods and personal care items after the retailer shuts all of its 360 Bed Bath & Beyond and 120 Buy Buy Baby locations by the end of June. The market-research firm said it
NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson (left) presents NACDS Past Chair John Standley (right) and his wife, Annie, with the 2023 Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award on the final evening of the NACDS Annual Meeting. — PALM BEACH, Fla. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) has recognized NACDS Past Chair
Mike Wysong, chief executive officer of CARE Pharmacies receives the NACDS Chair’s gavel from Brian Nightengale, president, Good Neighbor Pharmacy. PALM BEACH, Fla. — At the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Annual Meeting Business Program on Tuesday, newly elected NACDS Chair Mike Wysong declared that leaders must say thank you and have a
PALM BEACH, Fla.– At the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Annual Meeting, the NACDS Foundation announced the addition of five first-time members to the NACDS Foundation board of directors. Each Director will serve a one-year term. First-time NACDS Foundation board of directors include: Naomi Duvall, Cardinal Health Lisa Paley, Haleon Marvin Vines, The Coca-Cola Company Summer
Palm Beach, FL – During the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Annual Meeting, NACDS elected new officers and one newly elected Board of Directors member for the coming year. NACDS also re-elected six Board of Directors members whose terms were set to expire. Mike Wysong, chief executive officer, CARE Pharmacies Cooperative Inc., will