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  • Walmart and P&G achieve ‘Effie’ excellence

    The Path to Purchase Institute this week bestowed Effie awards to top retailers and brand for their marketing effectiveness.

    Winners of the 5th annual Shopper Marketing Effie Awards were celebrated at the Path to Purchase Institute’s 2015 Shopper Marketing Summit. The awards honor work that showcases the best utilization of shopper insights that lead to effective engagements and activations with shoppers along their path to purchase.

  • Dollar General elevates counsel to EVP

    Just two years after starting the job, the general counsel at Dollar General has been promoted to executive vice president.

  • Whole Foods aims for the 'Sephora experience'

    Whole Foods Market is trying to increase its share of the explosive growth in the beauty industry by hosting its first ever “Beauty Week.” 

  • 'Whole Foods for pets' Kriser's adds 26th store

    Trendy pet retailer Kriser's is opening another store in the Houston market as it blazes a trail of expansion across middle America.

  • Survey: Petsmart, Amazon lead in customer experience

    Waban, Mass. - PetSmart and Amazon.com deliver the best customer experience in the retail industry. According to the 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual ranking of companies based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers, PetSmart and Amazon.com tied for the top spot, each scoring 82%, which put them both in fourth place overall out of 293 companies across 20 industries.

    Walgreens came in a close third with a rating of 81% and a ranking of eighth, while Bed Bath & Beyond, Lowe's, and Costco all earned 79% and tied for 19th place overall.

  • Simon names 10 disruptive finalists in disruptive technologies competition

    New York – Retail real estate firm Simon, in partnership with fashion and retail event company Decoded Fashion, has announced the 10 finalists in its "Future of Retail: Meet the Disruptors" competition. The competition's mission is to discover startups in retail or retail-related technologies whose innovations will enhance the shopping experience for future generations.

    The finalists, all innovative startups in retail or retail-related technologies, are:

  • Gap Inc., Petco, Levi Strauss among 2015 World’s Most Ethical Company honorees

    San Francisco -- Gap Inc., Petco Animal Supplies, Levi Strauss are the only U.S. retail brands to be recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as a 2015 World’s Most Ethical Company.

    The annual designation, which recognizes organizations that foster a culture of ethics and transparency at every level of the organization was given to 132 companies. The only other retail brands on this year’s list are Sweden’s H&M and the United Kingdom’s Marks and Spencer.

  • Retailers’ ethics don’t make Ethisphere grade

    The Ethisphere Institute is out with its “World’s Most Ethical Companies” list and the names of retailers are few and far between.

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