HBC, GM departments can drive traffic to supermarkets

November 6, 2018 by MMR Acosta Strategic Advisors, Food Marketing Institute, John Clevenger, Kim Adoerre, The Power of GM and HBC in Grocery Topics, Videos

NEW YORK —The health and beauty care and general merchandise categories represent significant growth opportunities for grocery retailers, according to a new report. Shoppers at brick-and-mortar stores spend $80 billion a year across the HBC and GM departments, but the majority of that spending is going to retailers in nonfood channels, according to the second