WSL Future of Health Event

Issue 11-16-2015

Beyond FSMA: How to further cut risk

Editor’s note: This article is the last in a three-part series. With initial deadlines for the first two major FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) regulations just passing, it’s the right time to consider what happens next with food safety in America. Editor’s note: This article is the last in a three-part series. With initial deadlines

Two key Walmart execs move on

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Two Walmart executives are leaving to take leadership roles with other companies.BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Two Walmart executives are leaving to take leadership roles with other companies. Labeed Diab has left his post as president of health and wellness for Walmart U.S. to join Brookdale Senior Living Inc. as chief operating officer. Diab

Sam’s Club shifts food merchants

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Sam’s Club has made additional changes to its merchandising leadership team, hiring supermarket industry veteran Toby Noiles to serve as senior vice president and general merchandise manager of grocery and beverage.Sam’s Club has made additional changes to its merchandising leadership team, hiring supermarket industry veteran Toby Noiles to serve as senior vice

Holiday sales picture unclear

The holiday selling season is here. It is, or will be, the most complex, confusing, difficult-to-decipher period that mass retailing has embarked on in some time. The holiday selling season is here. It is, or will be, the most complex, confusing, difficult-to-decipher period that mass retailing has embarked on in some time. Few mass retailers

Amazon begins to test omnichannel waters

Amazon, the company synonymous with online retailing, made news earlier this month by opening its first brick-and-mortar outlet, a 7,500-square-foot bookstore in University Village, a high-end shopping center in Seattle. Amazon, the company synonymous with online retailing, made news earlier this month by opening its first brick-and-mortar outlet, a 7,500-square-foot bookstore in University Village, a