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  • Q1 comp sales up 3.3% across Publix

    LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix’s sales for the first quarter of 2016 totaled $8.7 billion, the grocer reported Monday, a 4.5% increase from the same period last year. Comparable-store sales for the first quarter of 2016 increased 3.3%. The company estimates sales increased 1.2% due to the effect of the Easter holiday being in the first quarter of 2016. 
     

  • Weis Markets Q1 sales up 3.6%

    SUNBURY, Pa. - Weis Markets on Monday reported sales increases of 3.6% to $738.2 million for the 13 weeks ended March 26. Same-store sales were up 3.6%. 
     

  • GNC board explores possible sale of company

    PITTSBURGH - GNC Holdings on Monday announced that its board of directors has commenced a review of a wide range of strategic and financial alternatives to increase shareholder value, incuding a possible sale of the company. 
     

  • Snuggle makes a big 'Snifference' in the laundry aisle

    WILTON, Conn. -- A brand known for softening laundry for over 30 years is taking category leadership and innovation to the next level with two new product introductions.

    The Snuggle brand has rolled out two new product lines: Snuggle PLUS SuperFresh and Snuggle Cherry Blossom Collection.

  • Report: Target utilizing robots to track on-shelf inventory

  • Prestige at-home hair color line launches at Ulta

    NEW YORK -- A new brand is looking to revolutionize the at-home hair color category.

    DpHUE announced it has launched a salon-quality line of at-home hair color and hair care products at more than 850 Ulta Beauty stores nationwode.

    DpHUE was founded in 2011 by Donna Pohlad on the premise that current options for at-home hair color were not meeting the needs of today's busy consumer.

  • Walgreens posts on tumblr 'Clarifying Clinical Cannabis'

  • Coty taps beauty visionary Shannon Curtin for new consumer division

    Former Walgreens beauty VP Shannon Curtin is joining Coty North America as senior vice president of its new Consumer Beauty division in May, the company announced Friday.

    The move, effective May 23, comes as Coty prepares to complete its merger with P&G Specialty Beauty later this year. After the merger, Coty will be organized into three divisions: Coty Consumer Beauty, Coty Luxury and Coty Professional. Curtin will report to Esi Eggleston Bracey, the future president of Coty Consumer Beauty. The company said Curtin will be based in Coty’s New York office.

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