BATAVIA, Ill. — Aldi this month revealed new details of its “coast-to-coast expansion” plans, which call for the addition of 100 stores in 2021, the extension of its curbside pickup service to another 500 stores, and a new regional headquarters to facilitate the discount grocer’s push into the Gulf Coast region. The announcement came as
NEW YORK — With President Biden’s Federal Retail Pharmacy Program now being rolled out across the U.S., it is hoped that there is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Biden’s plan is focused on distributing doses directly to retail pharmacies across the country and is aimed at meeting his goal of administering 100
SEATTLE — Most retailers probably didn’t know much about Andy Jassy before last month. As chief executive officer of its web services division, Jassy was already running Amazon’s most profitable business. But now he steps fully into the spotlight, having been named to succeed Jeff Bezos as Amazon’s CEO. The move will mark the end
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets have agreed to merge, creating a retail company with nearly 300 stores in the Northeast. “This merger marks a major step forward and collectively elevates our ability to compete on every level,” Price Chopper/Market 32 president and chief executive officer Scott Grimmett says. “It leverages increased
NEW YORK — During his keynote address to the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s (PLMA) Private Label Week event held virtually earlier this month, former Walmart U.S. chief executive officer Bill Simon said retailers and manufacturers of private label brands will be central in pulling the economy out of the quagmire it was sucked into by
ARLINGTON, Va. — The leadership of FMI: The Food Industry Association took the occasion of the group’s annual Midwinter Executive Conference, held virtually for the first time last month because of COVID-19, to recognize the heroic efforts of member companies and their frontline workers during the pandemic, and to examine what the retail marketplace will
ARLINGTON, Va. — Despite the hardships brought on by the pandemic, the “road ahead is now totally open” for retailers, WSL Strategic Retail chief executive officer and chief shopper Wendy Liebmann said during a recent webinar sponsored by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. In her virtual presentation, “Future Shop: A Shopper-centric View to
After prolonged debate and careful consideration, the editors of MMR have determined that Walmart be recognized as the publication’s Retailer of the Decade for the 10-year period that ended on December 30, 2020. (A special section detailing Walmart’s decade will appear in the March 22 issue of MMR.) In many ways, this was not a
When Andy Jassy succeeds Jeff Bezos as chief executive officer of Amazon in the third quarter of 2021, the transition will mark the end of an era at a company that has made it a habit to reexamine customer needs, challenge long-held assumptions and upend established ways of doing business. Amazon’s ability to act as
Although mostly filmed on a Hollywood sound stage, the ’90s sitcom “Mad About You” managed to convincingly evoke the New York City of that era. So it was shocking to watch it the other day and see the main characters bringing their groceries home in paper bags. Were New Yorkers really using paper grocery bags