While other chains (such as the one I work at) are slow to update their stores, Target continues to innovate and is testing a new look at 25 stores in the L.A. area. There are some photos below that are pretty impressive, especially considering the “before” photos look better than many other Read More…
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Things You Shouldn’t Buy at a Supermarket
Here’s another helpful list, this time from Thrillist, to help guide your purchases at the grocery store. I have to admit I’m guilty of occasionally throwing something unwrapped (like a cucumber) into the child seat of my cart but never stopped to think about the poop factor, so I’m going to start bagging Read More…
Why Should Women Pay More?
This article points out a very good point. With all the attention regarding gender neutral bathrooms and the elimination of “girls” and “boys” toys at Target, why are there still “womens” and “mens” sections being highlighted and in fact even being expanded in stores? And even more importantly, why do women pay Read More…
You May Never Have To Walk Into A CVS Store Again
So according to this article from USA Today, this will be rolled out to virtually all CVS stores by the end of the year. So on the saving labor side, there won’t be a cashier needed to greet or ring as many people out, since many will just be picking up things outside and will Read More…
7 Things to Never Buy at the Grocery Store
I’ll have to disagree with #7 on this list, as I often see better prices at the grocery store on some personal care items than at the drug store that I work at. The rest are really common sense–obviously name brand cereals will cost more than the generic brand, that’s true about almost everything, Read More…
What Ever Happened to RC Cola?
This is a VERY interesting article from Mental Floss about the history of RC Cola. I remember selling it and Diet Rite Cola at Longs and moving a lot of product on ad, not quite as much as we ran Shasta Soda (another story for another time…) but it seems like we’d sell more RC and Read More…
Best Buy Now Offers Same Day Delivery In Some Markets
In an effort to stay solvent by competing with Amazon, Best Buy is now expanding a test of same-day delivery. There is a delivery charge other than for printer ink (so if you’re out of ink, you can get it delivered to you for free–neat!) but if you absolutely positively need a printer today, Read More…
BREAKING: CVS To Start Selling Tobacco Again
In a surprising turn of events, CVS/Health has decided to bring a limited selection of cigarettes back into their stores. After taking them out in September 2014 to support the health of their customers, their front store sales declined to the tune of 5% over prior year and evidently enough customers complained to make them decide Read More…
Another Retailer is Also Pulling Tobacco From Their Stores
Apparently CVS isn’t the only retailer who is not very interested in selling cigarettes. Costco has been quietly phasing out SKU’s of cigarettes and using the space to sell more profitable items. Where CVS claimed to be doing it for the health benefit of their customers, Costco is freely admitting there is little Read More…
New York State Moving To Electronic Prescriptions
Over the years more and more documents have been converted into digital–whether it be school records, doctor office records or bank statements but prescriptions are still being handwritten by doctors with illegible writing and hand carried to a pharmacy. Now it looks as if that’s going to eventually go away as the state Read More…