April 10 (Bloomberg) — Cheap beer. For consumers in China, it’s a fact of life. Brew in China, the world’s biggest market, sells at one-third the price in the U.S. Now foreign brewers are wooing the Chinese to pay more for brands that are popular worldwide. The idea is to get increasingly affluent Chinese to [...]
Budweiser Is Luxury in China Where Beer Costs 30 Cents – Bloomberg
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How Walmart can save the BlackBerry – VentureBeat
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BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion, recently released disappointing Q4 2012 financial performance results. New CEO Thorstein Heins has acknowledged RIM is in need of significant changes if it is to survive, much less stay relevant. The odds are heavily stacked against RIM at this point, but there are still things the company can do to [...]
Molson Coors Attacks Craft Armada With $3.5 Billion Deal – Bloomberg
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Faced with an armada of smaller competitors, the world’s biggest brewers are getting bigger. Molson Coors Brewing Co. (TAP) yesterday joined international rivals such as SABMiller Plc and Heineken NV (HEIA) in expanding beyond their main territories as craft beers and imported brands seek to invade their traditional strongholds. The 2.65 billion-euro ($3.5 billion) purchase [...]
Four “Foul” Companies Earn a Spot in Consumerist.com’s Worst Company in America Semi-Final Round – MarketWatch
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NEW YORK, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Rookie Competitor Electronic Arts Knocks Off 2010 Champion, Comcast, Advancing to “Foul Four” Three rounds down and newcomer Electronic Arts (EA) and bracket veteran Bank of America lead the pack in Consumerist.com’s Worst Company in America tournament. Walmart and AT&T round out the “Foul Four” semifinalists [...]
Truvia Baking Blend makes retail debut – Drug Store News
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WAYZATA, Minn. — Truvia is expanding its product line to include an item that that bakes and browns like sugar. Truvia Baking Blend, a blend of Truvia natural sweetener and sugar, touts 75% fewer calories per serving than regular sugar but has the equivalent sweetness of 3 lbs. of sugar, the company said. The product [...]
Fox Takes Exclusive ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ Merchandise to Walmart Tied to DVD Release – The Hollywood Reporter
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NEW YORK – News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox and its consumer products arm will on Tuesday launch an exclusive Alvin and the Chipmunks in-store apparel program with retail giant Walmart tied to the franchise’s newest DVD and Blu-ray release. The arrangement is the latest step towards giving the brand a strong year-round presence on retail [...]
Best Buy selling nearly as many iPhones as Apple – FoxNews.com
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CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple’s move to make Best Buy an outlet for the iPhone back in 2008 is proving to be a wise and lucrative decision, according to data released Friday. Over the past few years, the retail chain became an increasingly important outlet for Apple, extending its reach and distribution with its 1,100 stores [...]
Hormel Foods Receives Supplier of the Year Award from World’s Largest Retailer – MarketWatch
March 19, 2012 Via Leave a Comment
Hormel Foods Corporation HRL -0.52% today announced it was named the Walmart Supplier of the Year for overall best supplier performance and partnership in 2011. The Supplier of the Year award is the top recognition given by Walmart and was presented at the Supplier Summit in Orlando, FL. The award recognizes Hormel Foods for a [...]
Wal-Mart to Sell New IPads at Midnight, Before Apple Stores – Bloomberg
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) shoppers will get an eight-hour head start in buying Apple Inc.’s new iPad. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, will sell a limited number of iPads starting at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said in an e-mailed statement today. Apple retail outlets are due to start selling the new tablet [...]
Desperate for that new iPad? Buy it at Wal-Mart at 12:01 a.m. – CNET News
March 15, 2012 Via Leave a Comment
Apple’s retail stores are ushering in iPad shoppers at 8 a.m. tomorrow in your time zone, but Wal-Mart says it can do eight hours better. The retail giant is throwing open its doors to tablet shoppers at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, at 24-hour Wal-Mart stores. Of course, supplies are “limited.” According to Wal-Mart spokesperson Sarah Spencer, [...]
