Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC appoints Todd Baird as president, sales
June 30, 2011 | No Comments

IRVINE, Calif.—Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) today announced the promotion of Todd Baird to president, sales, effective July 5. Baird will oversee ASM’s Sales, Operations, and Retail/In-Store services. He will report to Tanya Domier, …

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Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC appoints Todd Baird as president, sales
June 30, 2011 | No Comments
Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC appoints Todd Baird as president, sales

IRVINE, Calif.—Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) today announced the promotion of Todd Baird to president, sales, effective July 5. Baird will oversee ASM’s Sales, Operations, and Retail/In-Store services. He will report to Tanya Domier, …

Meijer Launches Online Grocery Service
January 31, 2011 | No Comments

Source: ProgressiveGrocer.com
Meijer has announced a new online grocery service offering thousands of grocery and drugstore items to customers worldwide.
The new site, MeijerDoorstepGrocer.com, is the Michigan-based mega retailer’s first effort to sell non-bulk groceries online and …

Want to Increase Store Traffic, Loyalty and Growth? Re-Think the Center Store
January 31, 2011 | No Comments
Want to Increase Store Traffic, Loyalty and Growth? Re-Think the Center Store

Source: NielsenWire.com
Over the past few years, grocers have innovated in a number of ways to attract more customers: varying store formats fit different needs and spaces; loyalty programs coupled with gas savings drive traffic; and …

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC announces Apax Funds as New Equity Partner
November 25, 2010 | No Comments

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM), North America’s premier sales and marketing agency, today announced that the Company’s equity partners J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. and BAML Capital Partners (Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity) have agreed to sell their majority interest in ASM to funds advised by Apax Partners (“Apax”), one of the world’s leading private equity investment groups. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

No Such Thing as Typical American Household
November 17, 2010 | No Comments
No Such Thing as Typical American Household

Source: Ad Age –
What will finally drive some growth in the housing industry? It might be nothing more dramatic than a release of demand that’s been pent-up since the start of the recession.
Last week the …

Retail Landscape 2015: 10 Predictions
October 22, 2010 | No Comments

Source: NielsenWire.com
As we manage through one of the most challenging U.S. economic downturns, American consumers have made significant shifts in what they buy and watch.  From planning their shopping trips to focusing on value to …

Walmart to Focus on Smaller Stores
October 14, 2010 | 3 Comments
Walmart to Focus on Smaller Stores

Source: MediaPost.com –
Just as America has gotten used to Walmart’s mammoth supercenters, the retailer says it plans to focus on smaller stores, as well, to better expand in U.S. urban markets.
At a presentation for investors …

Retailers worldwide struggle to keep up with m-commerce demands
October 13, 2010 | No Comments

Source: Adage.com –
Consumers are turning to mobile handsets to purchase everything from gift vouchers to flat-screen TVs, and retailers around the world are struggling to keep up with the pace of change.
In the U.K., mainstream …