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Continued growth and increased competition from Amazon.com and the dollar stores. Improved in-stock levels offset by questionable in-store execution. Reduced buyer turnover and senior executives receptive to trading partner views. [...]

At first blush, there appears to be nothing special about Dollar General's first Southern California store in the suburb of Montclair. It occupies about 7,500 sq. ft. of space in [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target is poised to become an even more significant player in the world of health, wellness and beauty in the coming years, assuming the company can execute a [...]

ROGERS, Ark. -- If the eyes are the window to the soul, then Walmart's suppliers are the window to its future, thanks to the truly unique relationship the retailer enjoys [...]

The pace of growth may have slowed last year at Publix, but recent actions on the part of the Southeast's leading supermarket operator indicate the company hasn't wavered in its [...]

The pace at which Walmart launched health-and-wellness initiatives slowed in 2009, and understandably so given challenging market conditions and the unsustainable level of activity undertaken by the company in prior [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Talk about pressure. Pharmacy is playing an unfamiliar role in Target's holiday plans this year, as the retailer is soon expected to begin airing its first ever national [...]

Bentonville, Ark. -- Project Impact is proving to be an appropriate code name to describe the reinvention of how Walmart goes to market in an increasing number of stores, judging [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- A reputation for low prices, increasingly budget-conscious consumers and a slew of operational and merchandising improvements propelled Walmart's U.S. business to new heights last year and promise [...]

When Sam's Club refreshed and expanded a store in Winterville, N.C., earlier this year, the key component of the project was the addition of a pharmacy. Sam's Club has been [...]

Modest overall sales growth aside, pharmacy and the adjacent departments of health and beauty care are becoming increasingly important components of the value proposition at Sam's Club. The warehouse club [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- The rollout of Wal-Mart's $4 generic drug program drove strong customer traffic to the retailer's pharmacies, but it wasn't enough to offset weakness in other areas and [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart's ability to expand its distribution network, build new stores and pile on sales volume is the stuff of legends. During the past five years, its sales [...]

A turnaround strategy Eckerd implemented roughly three years earlier ran out of gas in 2003, as weak sales led to a decline in profitability and cemented parent company J.C. Penney's [...]

In a year characterized by expansion, refinement and experimentation, mass merchants continued to make pharmacy inroads during 2003, positioning themselves to capitalize on the growing prescription drug market during 2004. [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Five years after Wal-Mart rattled the chain drug industry by opening its first Neighborhood Market store, the food and drug combination format remains one that will again [...]

When Eckerd opened a new prototype store last year, it placed a large sign near the pharmacy waiting area that reads, 'A pharmacy. First.' It can at times be easy [...]

PLANO, Texas -- After posting substantial improvements in its fourth-quarter and full-year results, Eckerd chairman and chief executive officer Wayne Harris remains confident further gains will be achieved this year, [...]

Sam's Club will embark on its most aggressive expansion in years, and a solid performance in the health-and-wellness area is helping underpin the company's growth. Sam's expects to add between [...]

Publix continued its record of operational excellence in 2012 and going forward plans to maintain a deliberate pace of expansion that will see the supermarket retailer enter North Carolina by [...]

The strides Walmart has made in the area of health and wellness were never more evident than earlier this year when First Lady Michelle Obama stood at a podium inside [...]

Increased attention was given to Walmart's multichannel efforts in this year's supplier survey--and for good reason. Amazon. com is now in a virtual dead heat with the dollar store channel [...]

Accelerating momentum has characterized the performance of Sam's Club for the past two years, and health-and-wellness categories have played a key role. Coming off its seventh consecutive quarter of accelerating [...]

Walmart is rolling into 2012 with a renewed sense of optimism stemming from indications that course-correction strategies implemented throughout 2011 are bearing fruit and will lead to an even greater [...]

Growing the health-and-wellness business remains a top priority for Sam's Club as the warehouse dub operator has identified those key categories as areas where it can demonstrate value, drive member [...]

Don't be surprised if Walmart highlights the contribution of its health-and-wellness business when second-quarter results are released on Aug. 13. That business has been a source of strength the past [...]

Publix achieved record growth in 2008 with the opening of 79 supermarkets, and 2009 is shaping up to be an even more momentous year, as the $24 billion company looks [...]

Sam's Club produced solid sales growth last year, as the compelling value proposition of the warehouse club experience became increasingly attractive to consumers. Nowhere was this phenomenon more apparent than [...]

The pace at which Walmart's physical presence is expanding may have slowed, but the company is making its influence felt in other ways when it comes to the world of [...]

Wal-Mart's domestic expansion efforts, under increasing opposition in recent years, received a major boost earlier this month with the release of a landmark study documenting the company's positive economic impact [...]

Two-and-a-half years ago when a new management team took the reigns at Sam's Club, the word from the top was that Sam's was going to return to its roots and [...]

The start of the back-to-school selling season is only three months away, and when it arrives, chain drug retailers will be looking to extend gains made the past few years [...]

Despite softer-than-expected sales during the holiday season, Wal-Mart's sales and profits for the fiscal year ending later this month will swell to numbers unprecedented for a retailer. Total company revenues [...]

LARGO, Fla. -- Eckerd did little to bolster its value during the third quarter, turning in another disappointing financial performance as its parent J.C. Penney moves toward a year-end deadline [...]

LARGO, Fla. -- After several years of improvement, Eckerd's financial results are heading in the opposite direction, and a major promotional effort during the second quarter didn't stop the slide. [...]

Pharmacy remains an area of strong growth at Wal-Mart as the world's largest company looks to capture a larger share of a market with favorable long-term growth prospects. The approach [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- WalMart reported another year of record sales and profits for its recently ended fiscal year due largely to the ability of its domestic operations to gain market [...]