The Future Of Retailer-Supplier Data Sharing
Friday, July 22nd, 2011The big news out of the US this week is the announcement that Walmart will start sharing scan data with AC Nielsen for the first time in a very long time. According to an article in Retailing Today, the deal between Nielsen and Walmart, was negotiated by Cindy Davis – Walmart’s EVP of Global Customer [...]
Canada’s Retail Execs Have A Tidy Payday
Monday, May 30th, 2011There was an interesting compensation survey in Monday’s Globe & Mail that showed the top paid executives at Canada’s largest corporations (by market capitalization). Several executives at Canadian retailers made the cut with some rather big paydays given the tight operating margins of the retail trade. Below are the retail executives that appeared in the [...]
SINS Must Read: Deloitte Global Powers of Retailing 2011
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011My favorite report on the global retail industry has just been released and you need to get a copy and give it a good read. This report reviews the performance of the Top 250 retailers in the world based on 2009 data – the latest available. It also reviews the global retail landscape with commentary [...]
Metro, Costco & Liquidation World Updated In SINS Canadian Retailer Year In Review
Thursday, January 6th, 2011We are pleased to announce that updates are now available for Metro, Costco and Liquidation World in our SINS Canadian Retailer Year In Review. In this popular report we feature 22 of the largest publically traded retailers in Canada in concise one-page snapshots which highlight the key achievements over the past year and a glimpse [...]
More Bad News for #3 and #4 Brands
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010Our very first post on this blog highlighted an Ad Age article about Wal-mart’s move in the US to eliminate all but one brand of lunchbags (Ziploc), in favor of creating space and sales opportunity for their PL brand – Great Value. The idea was that reducing choice would actually increase sales in the category, [...]
FreshCo – Sobeys New Direction in the Ontario Discount Battle
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Today marked the opening of the first eight stores under the FreshCo banner – Sobeys response to the lagging performance of their Price Chopper banner in Ontario. To be clear they needed to act. Both Metro and Loblaw have ramped up efforts behind Food Basics and No Frills respectively with remodels and cleaner stores. Price [...]
Retailers Among Canada’s Most Reputable Companies
Friday, May 7th, 2010Canadian Business and the Reputation Institute have released their annual list of the 50 Most Reputable Companies in Canada and retailers did very well with 12 of 50 spots on the list and 9 in the top 20. The Jean Coutu Group did particularly well, reaching the number two spot sandwiched in between Tim Horton’s [...]
Something Fishy Going On in the Seafood Section
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010There was a very interesting segment on CBC’s Marketplace this week which investigated the types of fish that consumers were receiving vs. what they thought they were purchasing at Grocery stores across Canada. Marketplace tested 150 samples of pre-packaged and store packaged fish and found a whopping 22% of the sample purchases were of a [...]
