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  • Church & Dwight to acquire Waterpik for $1B

    EWING, N.J. — In a move aimed at bolstering its oral care portfolio, Church & Dwight on Monday announced it planned acquisition of Waterpik. The CPG giant will be paying $1 billion cash for the company, which markets the No.1 water flosser brand and showerhead brand, and brought in $265 million in sales for the 12 months ended June 30.

  • Salvatori-Scott celebrates 30 years

    NEW ORLEANS — Salvatori-Scott last week celebrated the company's founding 30 years ago with the man who started it all, Steve Salvatori (second from the right in the picture above), during McKesson ideaShare 2017, here.

    Pictured from left to right are SSI partners Charlie Gurney, Mike McNeil, Marianne Nihan (president), Steve Salvatori (chairman) and Dan Briggs.

    The SSI team replicated the celebration of its 10-year anniversary, which also happened to be held during a McKesson event that was hosted in New Orleans (see picture below).

  • Back-to-school season brings new services, tools to Walmart

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is making it easier for parents to stay on their game during this year's back-to-school shopping season.

    According to Deloitte, this year's season is expected to be a strong one and start early. Walmart is rolling out new services to help shoppers easily find what they are looking for — in stores and online.

  • Retailer Brandless makes a brand play for no-frills value online

  • Latest Catalina solution engages shoppers through digital channels

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Catalina on Wednesday introduced an all new purchase-based digital coupon solution called Segment Targeted Load to Card.  Catalina leverages scaled shopper insights to deliver targeted offers to shoppers based on their past purchases. 

  • DSNTV: Keynote highlights from the New General Market Summit

  • What does the center store of the future look like?

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Global Marketing Development Center’s latest report on next practices is urging retailers to rething their in-store and online strategies to adapt to how consumers are shopping in order to stay competitive.

  • Lazy Susans, tie racks and front-store merchandising

    My daughter and I were experimenting in the kitchen the other evening — cooking up what was sure to be a masterpiece. Reaching into the lazy Susan in the spice cabinet, I had a eureka moment.

    To be honest, this is not the first time that this fleeting thought has crossed my mind. But it resurfaced with a vengeance when my daughter commented about the lazy Susan, “This is so cool. Everything I need is just a quick spin away from being right in front of me.”

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