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Industry Leaders Seek To Define ‘The Trump Effect’ On The Retail Sector

Having previously indicated his opposition to free-trade agreements such as NAFTA, as well as suggestions that he will adopt more of an isolationist policy...

You Can Eat Gluten Again, America

Gluten-free is going strong. Only 1 percent of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with celiac disease, yet gluten-free products are still filling up...

US Retail's Holiday Sales Forecasts About As Real As Santa: Gadfly

How's the U.S. consumer doing? The answer depends on whether you ask an economist or a retailer. Ask most retailers, and the outlook is the shakiest it'...

Obama Finds An Ally In Wal-Mart, Whose Stores He Once Shunned

As a freshman senator with his eye on the presidency, Barack Obama said he’d never shop at a Wal-Mart and held the company up as an emblem of corpora...

The History Of U.S. Retail's Top 20 Hints At Its Future: Gadfly

Fast-shifting shopper preferences are reordering the retail industry. The scurry to keep up with consumer tastes led to Walmart's recent $3.3 billion ac...

A Mouth Full Of Crickets? Lobbyists Speak Up For Edible Insects

At the Oyamel Cocina Mexicana in Washington, metal butterfly mobiles hang from the ceiling and bugs are on the menu. The chapulines tacos are jammed wit...

For Food Inc., Deals and More Deals Are a Diet Necessity: Gadfly

When it comes to M&A, food companies can no longer be couch potatoes and they know it. They're on the move -- whether it be for mega-mergers to cut...

Wal-Mart's U.K. Pain Holds Lessons For The Whole Chain: Gadfly

Investors cheered Walmart's first-quarter results last week, triggering the biggest one-day jump in the big-box retailer's shares since October 2008. But t...

Modified Crops Not Seen Adding To Human Health Risks, Study Says

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Industry Leaders Seek To Define ‘The Trump Effect’ On The Retail Sector

You Can Eat Gluten Again, America

US Retail's Holiday Sales Forecasts About As Real As Santa: Gadfly

Obama Finds An Ally In Wal-Mart, Whose Stores He Once Shunned

The History Of U.S. Retail's Top 20 Hints At Its Future: Gadfly

A Mouth Full Of Crickets? Lobbyists Speak Up For Edible Insects

For Food Inc., Deals and More Deals Are a Diet Necessity: Gadfly

Wal-Mart's U.K. Pain Holds Lessons For The Whole Chain: Gadfly

Modified Crops Not Seen Adding To Human Health Risks, Study Says

The Meaninglessness Of 'Healthy' Food: Six Ways Labels Need to Change

Aldi Tries High-End Food and Discounts In US Market

US Food Companies Outgun Health Advocates In Diet Debate

Americans Are Drinking Less But Spending More on Fancy Booze