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By far the best
daily news source for the Grocery / Food retail industry. Best of
all it's totally free.
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Running
a close second is Lebensmittel Zietung ( the link is in English ) because
it offers a global perspective. Subscribe to their free e-mail daily
newsletter for a constant flow of information. ( Great Website too !
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Reports and information
available for free and for sale
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The Coriolis Research
firm from New Zealand offers a number of free research reports and
case studies on a number of topics related to food retail. For example
: Towards
Private Label Success which they have kindly permitted me to host
here. They also offer consulting services and more for hire.
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( Special
thanks to Rob van Dalen for his assistance with my 1000 + retailer
links )
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Brand Loyalty organizes
instore consumer loyalty promotions that increase the visit frequency,
turnover and profitibility of the stores. Building customer relations
through targeted measurable promotions that reward your loyal consumers.
With offices around the world Brand Loyalty covers all continents.
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Similar to Yahoo,
All Headline News provides daily links to news stories on the industry
from around the world.
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A very broad
based site covering all areas of food retailing including daily news
on retailers, manufacturers and more.
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Links to daily
news stories related to food retailing from all over the globe.
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Published version
available by paid subscription
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One of the best
known and most respected publications, their website provides a lot
of good free information and rankings along with brief news stories
on the food retail news of the day. ( Subsribe to their free daily
e-mail news for keeping up to date on the business )
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Published version
available by paid subscription ( or in the U.S. only ) available free
to qualifyied subsribers
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Another well
known industry publication that offers free daily news and e-mail
newsletter. Their site contains both free information as well as reports
and publications for sale. Unfortunately living outside of the U.S.
I do not qualify for their free subscription offer.
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Many reports and
information available for purchase
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Probably one of
the biggest research and information groups in the business, their
site offers global daily news on food retailing as well as a newsletter.
Unfortunately most of the information they offer is for sale and not
affordable to individuals such as myself but their services and information
are most quoted by trade publications and magazines.
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Published version
available by paid subscription or free of charge to qualified subscribers.
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Covering all areas
of food retailing their website highlights most of the news and stories
in their most recent volume of the publication. Both the site and
the magazine are very informative and with a subscription comes a
free weekly e-newsletter. With gratitude, I receive the free subscription.
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Published version
available by paid subscription or free of charge to qualified subscribers.
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Another excellent
publication to provide me with a free subscription ; their site and
magazine are an excellent source of news on all areas of the businesses
encompassing food retailing and more.
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Published version
available free of charge to qualified subscribers.
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The only other
publication I received the free subscription for, they offer great
information on the industry and cover retailing of food, general merchandise
and more. They too will offer a free weekly e-newsletter in the near
future.
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Published version
available by paid subscription and they offer a trial subscription
free.
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Here is an excellent
publication I just came across recently specifically on SuperCenters
and similar operations. Everything from financials and comparisons
to visiting locations. Thorough coverage. Available in publication,
via e-mail or both.
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Published version
available by paid subscription and they offer a trial subscription
free.
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From the same
publishers as above, they focus on the Warehouse Club type operations
which is especially good because it is a harder business to find information
on for most people on a consistent and reliable level. They offer
a further source of information on that part of the industry through
their Warehouse Club Industry
Guide that according to their site is highly recommended.
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Published version
available by paid subscription or free of charge to qualified subscribers.
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Covering all forms
of retailing their focus is obviously on chain stores. Their website
offers daily news as well as a weekly newsletter and a few free reports
for good measure.
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Published version
available by paid subscription or free of charge to qualified subscribers.
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Although limited
content is on their website, they do offer free Ranking Reports covering
all areas of retail globally. Stores is a part of the U.S. National
Retail Federation ( see below )
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Published version
available by paid subscription or free of charge to qualified subscribers.
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Probably the most
diappointing internet site compared to what it used to be, the only
thing they have there worthwhile now is the free e-newsletter. The
actual printed publication is a lot better quality with Canadian focused
content.
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Presently in development
by David Galbreath of New Zealand, Retail Grocer is designed to provide
up to date news on the grocery industry regionally from all over the
world. David is the former innovator of what used to be GrocersNews.com
for those of you who can recall the site.
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David's other
developing site designed as an employee / employer base for those
in food retail around the world seeking or offering employment.
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Many reports and
information available for purchase
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Covering all areas
of the food industry they offer information and reports for sale along
with a free e-newsletter.
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Published version
available by paid subscription
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With a wealth
of links to pages within their Kamcity site, they offer a lot of information
on the industry as well as free news, links, reports and more. Check
out their Walmasda link for detailed news and info on Wal-mart and
ASDA in the U.K. ( excellent resource )
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Offering daily
news stories they are a retail focused discussion forum for topics
covering the world of retail and have a lot of useful free information
available as well as more available for purchase.
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Covering all major
areas of retail they offer a lot of free news and information as well
as reports and more for purchase. They too have a Wal-mart specific
link in their site for news on them and more. A very thorough site
overall.
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Formed by retailers
the Global Net Exchange site offers all things imagineable to visitors
including links to news stories and more. It is more intended for
business to business but is also a good informational site as well.
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Offering free
news of the day for all visitors and some free reports, most of their
services and information is for qualifying members only but is generally
a good source just the same for visitors from the general public.
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An extension of
the Canadian Grocer publishers business, Food In Canada broadly covers
news geared more towards the food retail industry in Canada from a
manufacturing / distribution perspective.
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Well known consumer
advocate, marketing expert and speaker on the food industry, Phil
Lempert's site covers all areas of the business in a visitor friendly
manner to consumers, retail insiders and more. Excellent product and
trend information here.
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Focusing on the
technology involved in the retail industry their site provides great
information in key areas such as the growth of RFID and more. A little
on the technical side but insightful just the same.
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The site for the
world's largest retail trade association provides a wealth of information
for industry insiders on everything from government relations to loss
prevention. Most information is reserved for NRF members however and
is available for purchase.
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A good general
information site on the food retail business in Canada for industry
insiders with links to news, trade shows and more. A big feature is
the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards.
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' Canadian Retailer
' publication available by paid subscription
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Focusing on the
overall retail industry in Canada their site offers a combination
of free news and information along with areas reserved for members.
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For Canadians
this site is an excellent career search site for the retail business
in this country.
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Although a Canadian
Government site, visiting here will help keep you up to date on all
areas of food safety, product recalls and more.
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Another Canadian
Government site, Strategis has a wealth of areas for finding information
on businesses and industries in Canada including Trademark Data, Business
Sector reports and a whole lot more.
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The U.S. government
Foreign Agriculture Service provides a wealth of information and reports
free to visitors including the Retail Food Sector Attache reports
located on this site. From there are links to the rest of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture sites.
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The site for the
U.S. government Securities and Exchange Commission's archives also
known as EDGAR, allows you to find corporate filings and more on U.S.
and international publicly traded companies and more. For example,
10-k annual report filings, 8-k quarterly releases and more. EXCELLENT
resource.
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System for Electronic
Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) is the Canadian version for
EDGAR above that allows you to search for filings and more on Canadian
publicly traded companies.
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