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Healthcare Reform: Threat and Opportunity for Retail

No matter where you stand on health-care reform, everyone agrees this examination of the system and some version of reform is necessary.  For retailers, health-care, how to provide it and manage costs, has long been an important consideration. Shandra Martinez wrote a significant piece for The Grand Rapids Press, detailing the health-care conundrum for retail [...]

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What’s a Grocer to Do?

Penn Traffic, owner and operator of leading food retailers P&C and Bi-Lo, recently inked an eight-year deal with C&S Wholesale Grocers to supply their more than 200 stores. Prior to this agreement, Penn Traffic maintained inventory, supplies and distribution for its own stores. In the wake of a shrinking economy and year over year losses, [...]

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