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  • Walmart’s SVP GMM to lead Susan G. Komen Ozark Race for the Cure

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — For Walmart SVP/GMM Consumables Latriece Watkins, Saturday’s 19th-annual Susan G. Komen Ozark Race for the Cure was something she had to lead.

    This year's theme is "Honor a Hero, Be a Hero," and the 2017 race chair immediately thought of her hero.

  • IT, health-and-wellness format among Hy-Vee corporate restructuring priorities

    WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee recently restructured several of its corporate departments to position it for further growth. The three areas it restructured were IT and Healthmarkets, as well as its restaurant development. Hy-Vee said it plans to add 70 new corporate staff members to its team in the coming weeks.

  • Biking event and Facebook Live new for Walgreens' 2017 Red Nose campaign

     

  • Reports: Amazon interested in buying BJ’s Wholesale

    WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Amazon is interested in buying BJ’s Wholesale Club, which is currently up for sale, according to several news reports.

    BJ’s, owned by private equity firms CVC Capital Partners and Leonard Green & Partners, could reportedly fetch more than $4 billion — nine times BJ’s $450 million in EBITDA — if it were sold

  • Facial cleansers drive growth across food, drug

    The skin care/facial category saw a 2% growth in sales for the last 12 months compared with the previous year, driven by the cleansers segment, which was up 9% in the food and drug channels. Moisturizers saw 7% and 9% growth in drug and food, respectively. The anti-aging segment decreased 2% in drug and 4% in food sales year over year (Figure 1).

  • Walmart opens 100th training academy

    EDMOND, Okla. — Walmart hit the century mark in terms of training academies

    The retailer on Monday celebrated the grand opening of its 100th U.S. training academy at 1225 West I-35 Frontage, Edmond. Walmart training academies were first introduced in 2016 and have expanded to 40 states.

  • Survey: Parents struggle with choosing allergy medicine for their children

    ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Dosing, labeling and a seemingly endless range of allergy medication options can make picking the right medicine a complicated task for some parents, according to the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan, released Monday.

  • Survey finds shoppers willing to share data if they get something in return

    Despite privacy concerns, consumer will share data with companies if it saves them money or resolves customer service issues faster.

    This was according to a recent study conducted by YouGov on behalf of customer experience company [24]|7, which tapped 1,145 U.S. consumers.

    Nearly half (43%) of consumers agreed that they would exchange personal data with companies to save money through personalized promotions, discounts or deals, followed by 39% looking for speedier issue resolution.

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