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Walmart Overhauls Private Label Baby Product Range

Walmart has just fired a broadside in the battle for your baby’s bottom. The world’s biggest retailer is going after the new parents who typ...

Walmart Steps Up Push To Remove Potentially Harmful Chemicals

Walmart is expanding its programme to clean up the products it sells, setting a 2022 target for reducing potentially harmful substances and widening the li...

Load Up On Pigs In A Blanket As Cheaper Pork Prices Loom

While meat costs in the US tend to drop as summer wraps up, this year the declines are more pronounced. Wholesale pork has fallen to the lowest seasonally...

US Holiday Sales Projected To Jump As Consumer Jitters Subside

US retail sales are expected to accelerate during this year’s holiday season, a sign consumers will be more comfortable opening their wallets than in...

Walgreens' Pact To Buy Fewer Rite Aid Stores Wins US Nod

In its fourth attempt, Walgreens Boots Alliance clinched regulatory approval for a deal to buy Rite Aid Corp. stores after a last-minute reduction of the n...

Dollar Tree Appoints Gary Philbin As New CEO

US discount retailer Dollar Tree has appointed Gary Philbin as its new president and chief executive, replacing long-time CEO Bob Sasser, effective 18 Sept...

Fear Of Whole Foods Disruption Seen As Real Estate Opportunity

Patient real estate investors stand to gain from the fears of disruption such as the one that rattled the grocery industry after Amazon’s takeover of...

Kroger Drops Private-Label Lawsuit Against Lidl

Kroger's lawsuit against Lidl, over the positioning of its private-label range, has been dropped, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch. US retailer...