Food and beverage is the largest retail category in the United States at $600 billion a year, but online sales of these same items are less than 1%. While books, electronics and apparel have seen significant sales shift online, the food and beverage industry has not. Food and beverage is the largest retail category in
Jack Futterman passed away earlier thus summer, at the age of 82. For an extended period of time he was a vital force in chain drug retailing, as he was in the larger world of grocery retailing. Jack Futterman passed away earlier thus summer, at the age of 82. For an extended period of time
In the wake of Walgreens’ merger with Alliance Boots at the end of last year, Stefano Pessina said that the process of bringing together two companies inevitably changes both. In the wake of Walgreens’ merger with Alliance Boots at the end of last year, Stefano Pessina said that the process of bringing together two companies
The most startling transformation in the mass retailing community is the metamorphosis at Target, a retailer that is shedding every facet of the company it once was, replacing it with a new model in which its only link to the old is its name. The most startling transformation in the mass retailing community is the
The merger between Royal Ahold and the Delhaize Group makes sound strategic sense. The merger between Royal Ahold and the Delhaize Group makes sound strategic sense. The European supermarket operators, each of which derives the vast majority of its sales from the U.S. market, are multibillion-dollar companies, but in their present configuration they lack the
The retailer to watch in 2015 is the new Albertsons-Safeway organization, the combination recently assembled from parts of the Safeway and Albertsons grocery retailers. The retailer to watch in 2015 is the new Albertsons-Safeway organization, the combination recently assembled from parts of the Safeway and Albertsons grocery retailers. Many reasons lie behind this assessment, most
One of the more compelling presentations at the recent FMI Connect conference in Chicago was made by Hank Cardello, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and head of its obesity solutions program. One of the more compelling presentations at the recent FMI Connect conference in Chicago was made by Hank Cardello, a senior fellow
The successor company to Walgreens held its first annual shareholders meeting late last month at Chicago’s Civic Opera House. The successor company to Walgreens held its first annual shareholders meeting late last month at Chicago’s Civic Opera House. And the event reconfirmed how little the Walgreens’ shareholders community understands the retailer’s merger with the former
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal reported that Target Corp. has informed many of the nation’s leading packaged food suppliers, including companies with household names like Campbell, Kellogg and Kraft, that their products, long staples of grocery aisles, will be deemphasized. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal reported that Target Corp.