SINS Flashback – Sobeys “Star Of Christmas” TV Spots
Friday, December 16th, 2011Growing up in Halifax in the 1980′s – Sobeys was the BIG name in groceries. It was before Superstore and Walmart and your big holiday grocery shop was done at Sobeys. Back in the day, the Christmas season started when Sobeys long-running commercial “Star of Christmas” started playing on ATV. We all have those ads [...]
Updates: SINS Canadian Retailer Year In Review
Friday, November 4th, 2011We are pleased to announce that updates are now available for six Canadian Retailers in our SINS Canadian Retailer Year In Review. In this popular report we feature 24 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 at their [...]
Safeway Aims To Gobble Up Thanksgiving Market Share
Friday, October 7th, 2011I started noticing Safeway’s Thanksgiving television ads while watching Sunday NFL football back on September 22nd and thought it was innovative for the chain to try to “own” an important family eating event, second only to Christmas – I imagine. It is a pretty good fit with the Safeway brand, and the television ads consist [...]
Sobeys West Intensifies Its Lower Price Program
Saturday, August 27th, 2011This week Sobeys West stores are a sea of orange as part of their “New! Lower Prices Campaign”. Bright orange arrows decorate the flyer, end caps, floor stickers and shelf tags highlighting the “1000’s of items” with lower prices right across the store. All staff are wearing electric orange shirts which I assume they are [...]
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 [...]
Target Looks To Reach $6 Billion in Canadian Sales
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Reuters reported this week that Target will be looking to achieve $6 billion in turnover at its Canadian operations as it looks to grow to a $100 billion company in six or seven years time. Target CFO Douglas Scovanner also seemed to give the first indication that the store count in Canada could reach up [...]
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 [...]
SINS E-Newsletter – Top 10 CPG /Retail Stories of 2010
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010Well, with the exception of a few more days, 2010 is officially in the books and it definitely has been a year with plenty of interesting developments. Since we launched our weekly e-newsletter in February, the response has been phenomenal and we are happy that we are adding value to our retailer and supplier subscribers. [...]
Loyalty Cards – There Should Be An App for That
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010I usually start any discussion about loyalty cards by highlighting the irony that most of us carry over half a dozen cards in our wallets. There is not much that’s “loyal” about that… These cards have evolved to mini-loyalty cards that are designed to be put right onto your key ring (Calgary Co-op and Club [...]
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