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e-News October 09, 2009 |
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By Anna Wolfe
CHICAGO-Phase one of a multi-million dollar overhaul of one of the city's train stations-including a European-style market-is scheduled to open in November.
Located in the West Loop, MetraMarket is a 100,000-square-foot retail development-and phase one includes 60,000 square feet ....
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By Anna Wolfe
CHICAGO-Supporting local confections makers, Pastoral Artisanal Cheese Bread and Wine began offering a gift box showcasing many locally made sweets last month.
Available online at www.pastoralartisan.com, the Sweet Home Chicago Collection features the handmade creations of some of Chicago's ....
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WASHINGTON-To explain how interchange fees impact her independent retail business, Kathy Miller, co-owner with her husband Warren, of the Elmore Store in Elmore, Vt., traveled here to testify in front of the House Financial Services Committee on the Credit Card ....
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LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla.-Natural foods retailer Good Earth Natural Foods has opened a new store here, according to the Bradenton Herald.
The new store is the fourth in Manatee County, and the biggest by far, at three times the size of the ....
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KENNEBUNK, Maine-The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. will close its supermarket here on Oct. 30.
The two-year-old, 65,000-square-foot store here has 140 full-time and part-time employees, and announcements of the store's closing caught them and town officials off guard, according ....
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BOSTON-More gluten-free products and beverages lower in sugar and low in calories were among the trends spotted at the tradeshow Natural Products Expo East here Sept. 24-26.
Editors and experts from New Hope Natural Media, the show's organizers, scoured the ....
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By Ellen Ranta
MADISON, Wis.-Alice.com co-founders Mark McGuire and Brian Wiegand are on a mission to change the way consumer packaged goods-such as toilet paper, laundry detergent and diapers-are bought and sold. And along the way, they're selling an expanding assortment ....
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BOSTON-Approximately 21,000 retail buyers and other industry members explored more than 1,500 booths at Natural Products Expo East/Organic Products Expo-BioFach America held Sept. 23-26 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center here.
"The importance of face-to-face meetings was validated by ....
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By Ellen Ranta
WATERBURY, Vt. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has flipped the switch on its new solar array, sending solar energy collected from the roof of its distribution center here to power its facility.
Construction of the 100kW ....
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HOUSTON-Inspired by the success of the government's Cash for Clunkers program, kitchenware company Chantal is offering a teakettle trade-in program.
Chantal offers this program in partnership with retailers across the U.S. The program, which runs throughout the month of October, ....
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By Anna Wolfe
VENICE, Fla.-Natural and specialty food retailer Richard's Foodporium is now offering franchises to expand its name and boost its store count.
At the Franchise and Business Opportunities Expo in Tampa Sept. 12-13, Richard's Foodporium, based here, exhibited to ....
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Grocery retailer Meijer, based here, expanded its delivery service, which combines the convenience of online shopping with the attention offered by a personal shopper, in September.
Grocery Express, which is now offered at the Meijer stores in St. Charles, ....
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BOULDER, Colo.-Gourmet frozen burrito company, Evol Burritos, is quickly growing its distribution, and will be available throughout most of the U.S. by January, according to a press release.
With more than 2,500 stores on board to stock the burritos by year's ....
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CHICAGO-Sales of the all-natural and calorie-free sweetener stevia will top $100 million this year-despite that 70 percent of Americans have never heard of the sweetener, according to market research firm Mintel, based here.
Since December 2008, when the FDA approved use ....
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NEW YORK-The Housewares Design Awards is accepting entries for its seventh annual competition. The deadline to apply is Oct. 28.
The awards will include 13 "Best in Category" Awards and "Best of the Best" Awards at the Gold, Silver and Bronze ....
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Gearing up for the holidays
Recently, I interviewed Pam Danziger, retail expert and the author of Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience...
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