General Merchandise/HBC

General merchandise and HBC category news for the convenience-store retail industry

General Merchandise/HBC

Port Strike Ends as Dockworkers, Employers Reach Quick Agreement

Inbound shipments expected to resume immediately, averting economic wallop many feared would accelerate inflation and leave retailers, restaurants without supplies

General Merchandise/HBC

Retailers Contend With Increase of Uncommitted Customers, Upside Reports

Despite a cooling inflation rate, 56% of surveyed consumers perceive economy as worse than previous year

Numerator report shows that benefits programs continue to decline after close of Emergency Allotment program

C-store distributor has worked with 7-Eleven for 57 years at more than 7,400 locations

Initial product line features blankets, neck pillow

Products

Retailer partners with Buffalo Outdoors on clothing featuring logos and designs of all 32 National Football League teams

Group says FDA provides no evidence that would link the product to reported death

Agency has not ‘approved’ any prescription or over-the-counter drug products containing the plant

$295,000 settlement is the discount retailer’s second in recent weeks

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