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Retailing Today Insights: Dollar General
Sponsored by Dr Pepper Snapple Group
At first blush, there appears to be nothing special about Dollar General’s first Southern California store in the suburb of Montclair. It occupies about 7,500 sq. ft. of space in an aging strip center, and a small banner hung on the exterior beckons to passing motorists and pedestrians, “Now Open.”
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Guest Viewpoint
Circulars in the Digital Age
By Mat Atkinson
The steady erosion of newspaper circulations naturally has led many to predict that the printed ad circular is not much long for this world and will quickly disappear as consumers demand more digitized ads and coupons.
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ShopperTrak: April 2012
Total U.S. Shopper traffic in retail stores and malls for April 2012
Warm weather and shifting holidays in March caused retail foot traffic to dip in April. Retail foot traffic in April was 7.6 percent lower from March, and 2.7 percent lower on a year-over-year basis. The slow April is the first in the past 3 months to experience a decline in year-over-year and month-over-month retail foot traffic.
Walmart News Now
Here come the comps - data sharing era begins
Walmart’s view of the shopper is a whole lot clearer now that the company has resumed sharing point-of-sale data with the likes of Nielsen, IRI and NPD . . .
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Consumers vs. shoppers, it all makes sense now
Consumers vs. shoppers, it all makes sense now . . .
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Market Track
Click here to see what, and how often, leading retailers promoted in April.
Target News Now
What Target’s annual meeting venue says about CityTarget future
Target’s annual shareholders’ meeting will be held June 9 in downtown Chicago at the location of a soon-to-open CityTarget store on State Street. The venue is an interesting choice that speaks volumes about the potential for the new urban format ...
News this week that Target would open its first standalone retail store offering its C9 brand of athletic apparel has the potential to be a big deal if Target follows the growth trajectory of another active lifestyle retailer ....
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