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Supermarkets Hoard Staples For Holidays, COVID Resurgence

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Associated Food Stores , a Salt Lake City, Utah-based cooperative that supplies supermarkets, said it has started to build what it’s calling “pandemic pallets” of sanitizing products so its warehouses will be fully stocked, Darin Peirce, vice president of Retail Operations, told WSJ. “We

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Why Walmart’s eCommerce Expansion Is Facing Resistance From Premium Brands

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To bring higher-end products to its website, Walmart had courted brands like water-filtration company Katadyn for months. As part of its efforts, the retailer gave some brands the opportunity to determine how outside sellers on the its website price and display their products. These brands are objecting because of pricing.

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Retail Pulse: Walmart Provides Health Career Path; Inspire Brands To Buy Jimmy John’s

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Members in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Michigan will be able to purchase medical services bundles starting next month, including telehealth consultations, free prescriptions for some generic medications and discounted dental care. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. On another note, Best Buy is seeking revenue of $50 billion by fiscal 2025.

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Amazon To Shut Down Free Sample Program

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A brand that wanted to take part in the program paid about $2 for each sample, in addition to the cost of the product. . Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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Simon, Taubman Join Forces To Save The Mall

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Michigan-based Taubman manages, owns or leases 26 malls in Asia and the U.S., The Taubman family will sell approximately a one-third of its ownership interest in Taubman and will still be a 20 percent owner in the operating subsidiary of its eponymous real estate company. . Simon, which is based in Indiana, would pay $52.50

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Amazon Discontinues Free Sample Program

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A brand that wanted to take part in the program paid about $2 for each sample, in addition to the cost of the product. . Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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Domino’s Rolls Out New Stores; Reports Double-Digit Q2 Sales Increase

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The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company’s strong growth amid the coronavirus crisis has been aided by its push into online and mobile ordering. The pizza chain’s earnings and revenue also came in well above the expectations of analysts surveyed by FactSet, who had predicted earnings per share of $2.24 and revenue of $915 million.

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