General Merchandise

SHELTON, Conn. — Edgewell Personal Care announced this week that it had promoted one of its own to the position of VP Americas, effective April 4. In his new role, Adel Mekhail oversees the commercial functions for the company’s business in North America and Latin America.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Cupsy Me’s drink organizer Cupsy has its legs under it. The product is a cup holder designed to prevent spills through the use of removable and repositionable legs that the company says make it versatile enough to use on the beach, on the couch or in the car.

Cupsy Me recently reported that the product has a received some 200 5-star reviews on Amazon.com, with an overall 4.7-star rating.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hallmark Cards has come out on top of Harris Poll’s EquiTrend Study in the greeting cards category for the seventh year in a row. Hallmark Cards received the highest numerical equity score among greeting cards brands this year.

MINNEAPOLIS — Target could begin testing its Target Restock service, whereby customers will be able to fill a large box of a specific size with as many items as can fit in it, choosing from more than 8,000 household essentials, beauty and personal care items and dry grocery products, as soon as next month, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Original testing could be done in smaller markets of Minnesota to start.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Reckitt Benckiser’s Air Wick brand is bringing two new products in time for spring cleaning. The brand introduced a new look for its Freshmatic automatic spray device, as well as Air Wick Pure, an aerosol formula that it says can deliver nine times more fragrances with less water than its traditional 8-oz. aerosols.

SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs is celebrating its 127th anniversary in style, hosting a chain-wide “Grand Event” sale from April 30 to May 13 with its biggest bargains of the year on thousands of products.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Danica McKellar, well known as Winnie Cooper on “The Wonder Years” and Elsie Snuffin on “The West Wing,” headlined the NACDS Annual Hallmark Luncheon here on Tuesday. In addition to photo opportunities with McKellar, Hallmark's lunch guests met the company's master artists.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Mother’s Day approaches, Hallmark is rolling out its latest greeting card innovation, as well as new designs for its Signature line of cards. The company notes that in the U.S., 113 million cards are exchanged for Mother’s Day, with data from the National Retail Federation showing that the day is second only to Christmas in participation.