Loblaw’s New Intuitive PC Plus Loyalty Program
Sunday, May 12th, 2013Tweet Just as loyalty programs like Safeway’s Just for U and Shoppers Drug Mart’s Optimum program have gained in popularity, just last week Loblaw unveiled its new PC Plus loyalty program. This program is designed to be the latest digitally intelligent loyalty program. The PCplus.ca website has gone live and the program is currently available [...]
Stores Across Canada Support Chinese New Year
Saturday, January 26th, 2013Tweet Chinese New Year also known as Spring Festival is almost upon us as stores have been busy gearing toward selling for this popular event. On Sunday, February 10th the new Chinese New Year will start with the official Year of the Water Snake. Stores are featuring snake motifs to celebrate this year such as [...]
Grocery Stores Offer Unique Products This Holiday Season
Sunday, December 16th, 2012Tweet Christmas time is a time unlike any other time throughout the year in which consumers buy various gifts for their loved ones. But gifts are not the only area that consumers spend their hard-earned dollars on. Entertaining is a major part of Christmas as well. Whether it is a staff Christmas party, having friends [...]
Dollar Stores Gaining Share Of Wallet From Traditional Retailers
Sunday, November 4th, 2012Tweet Consumers shop at different types of stores to fulfill different needs. Mass merchandisers like Canadian Tire provide a place where shoppers can find most of their needs under one roof. Discount mass merchandisers like Wal-Mart provide the right products in a one-stop shop at the lowest prices. Target and Costco also fall into this [...]
President’s Choice Launches Season 2 Of Recipe To Riches
Sunday, October 14th, 2012Tweet The Food Network is about to televise the second season of Recipe to Riches on October 17th. The first season turned out to be a hit across the country as Glo McNeill of Nova Scotia won the grand prize for her Luscious Lemon Pudding Cake recipe. In this hit competitive reality series, each week [...]
Loblaw Focuses On Mobile
Sunday, September 16th, 2012Tweet Loblaw is well known for its grocery store business, but that is not all this company is about. Heavy competition among grocery stores and low margins has propelled Loblaw to focus on other core areas. These other lines have proven to be profitable for the company. Ethnic foods, the expansion of the pharmacy and [...]
Impacts On Canadian Retailers Of The Impending Target Canada Launch
Saturday, July 21st, 2012Tweet Recently, Target announced a complete list of all 125 locations that will be opened in Canada in 2013. It also announced the time frame by province that each store will open. Fourty eight stores will open in spring, twenty in summer, twenty-five in fall and thirty-two in winter. Ontario stores will open in all [...]
A Snapshot Of Deloitte’s Global Powers Of Retailing 2012
Saturday, February 4th, 2012Tweet Deloitte recently published its Global Powers Of Retailing 2012 Report. This report provides a global retailing outlook, highlights key trends and analyzes the top 250 companies in global retailing. Five key trends were listed in the industry. According to Deloitte, retailers will be continuing to look at entering emerging markets that are currently characterized [...]
Why CPG Companies Could Soon Be Competing With Loblaw For Good Marketers
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Tweet You have probably already heard that the two largest CPG brands in Canada are 1) President’s Choice and 2) no name. Of course, these two brands compete in almost every category in the supermarket giving them an advantage over one-category wonders such as Pepsi or Lays. However, given that PC and “no name” are [...]
Grocers And Vendors Giving Back This Holiday Season
Monday, December 12th, 2011Tweet I was in Superstore today and noticed an end aisle featuring a limited edition President’s Choice Blue Menu deluxe macaroni and cheese dinner. It was branded as Extra Helping and was $5 per box. Loblaw has partnered with the Extra Helping National Holiday Food Drive to try and raise $1.2 million and 1.2 million [...]
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