Archive for January 4th, 2013

Legal Challenges to the “Walmart Challenge”

Legal Challenges to the “Walmart Challenge”

January 7 update: read “Walmart Responds to Competitors’ Challenge”. It started with supermarkets, then drug stores, then toy and electronics stores, too. Now a number of retailers are crying foul, and asking authorities to investigate the “Walmart Challenge”. The nearly year-old TV, radio, print and online campaign is officially known within Walmart as the “Market Basket Challenge”. The ads are[Read More…]

Friday, January 4, 2013, 10:32 PM Grocery & Retail News
Never Mind Valentine’s Day, It’s Time for Easter Candy!

Never Mind Valentine’s Day, It’s Time for Easter Candy!

You hear the comments and complaints every year, as holiday products seem to appear on store shelves earlier and earlier. Halloween candy before the kids are even back to school, Christmas goodies before anyone’s even trick-or-treated yet. Even before we rang in 2013, some stores began stocking Valentine’s Day candy and cards. But others are looking even further down the[Read More…]

Friday, January 4, 2013, 8:40 AM Grocery & Retail News
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