Brands – Blue Sky Retail Support http://www.blueskyretail.com Uniting Product, Sales and Support For Suppliers. Help for your Walmart Retail Link, Sams sales and business planning needs. Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:21:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Kid You Not: The Very Serious Business of Building The Fastest-Growing Company in America | Inc. 5000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/02/kid-you-not-the-very-serious-business-of-building-the-fastest-growing-company-in-america-inc-5000/ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:06:01 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=765 Fuhu makes a cute soft-sided tablet for children. But cuteness isn’t what produced three-year growth of 42,148 percent.

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Simplified Shopping: How Costco Tricks You Into Buying More – Consumerist http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/01/simplified-shopping-how-costco-tricks-you-into-buying-more-consumerist/ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:21:58 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=758

The vast warehouse landscape that is Costco knows how suck you in and how to maximize the amount of goods you purchase on each visit.

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Walmart Announces $10 Million Fund to Spur Innovation and Support U.S. Manufacturing – MPB http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/01/walmart-announces-10-million-fund-to-spur-innovation-and-support-u-s-manufacturing-mpb/ Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:55:47 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=740

This past Thursday, Januaru 23, 2014, Walmart U.S. President and CEO Bill Simon joined 280 of the nation’s mayors in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Meeting to announce a new fund for innovation in American manufacturing and a new supplier commitment to bring production of bikes and jobs to South Carolina.

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Sam’s Club gets serious about e-commerce | RetailingToday.com http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/01/sams-club-gets-serious-about-e-commerce-retailingtoday-com/ Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:35:41 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=714 Former Barnes & Noble executive Jamie Iannone was named president and CEO of Samsclub.com in a restructuring that elevates and integrates Sam’s Club’s online business into the Walmart’s Global eCommerce business unit based in California.

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Be Innovative, Merry Pringles: Mint choc or cinnamon this Christmas? http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/10/be-innovative-merry-pringles-mint-choc-or-cinnamon-this-christmas/ Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:18:03 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=667

Pringles’ sweet crisp flavors will capitalize on the UK Christmas snack rush and a growing consumer curiosity for flavor experimentation, says analyst.

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Food and Beverage the big winner in PLMA’s 2013 Salute to Excellence Winners http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/10/food-and-beverage-the-big-winner-in-plmas-2013-salute-to-excellence-winners/ Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:25:06 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=651

The Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) has announced the winners for its annual Salute to Excellence Awards and no fewer than thirty-two retailers were recognized, as fifty products took honors for 2013, following two days of tasting and evaluations by eight jury panels made up of industry experts and consumers.

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Watch what you claim, Safeway hit with false advertising lawsuit over ‘100% natural’ claims http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/10/watch-what-you-claim-safeway-hit-with-false-advertising-lawsuit-over-100-natural-claims/ Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:48:13 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=638

Safeway has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it misled consumers by describing its Open Nature Multi-Grain and Homestyle waffles as ‘100% natural’ because they contained the chemical additive sodium acid pyrophosphate (SAPP).

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Bodum Sues J.C. Penney Over ‘Shop-In-Shop’ Agreement | HomeWorldBusiness.com http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/09/bodum-sues-j-c-penney-over-shop-in-shop-agreement-homeworldbusiness-com/ http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/09/bodum-sues-j-c-penney-over-shop-in-shop-agreement-homeworldbusiness-com/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:02:59 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=606 Bodum Group has filed suit against J.C. Penney Inc. Co., for breach of contract, according to a Reuter’s report. In the lawsuit, which was filed August 30, 2013, Bodum has alleged that the retailer did not deliver on its shop-in-shop concept for the housewares company.

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Act of Precaution. General Mills recalls Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls with Icing http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/09/act-of-precaution-general-mills-recalls-pillsbury-cinnamon-rolls-with-icing/ http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/09/act-of-precaution-general-mills-recalls-pillsbury-cinnamon-rolls-with-icing/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:16:11 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=593

General Mills has issued a voluntary recall on refrigerated Pillsbury iced cinnamon rolls due to risk of plastic contamination.

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A masterstroke? Pepsi-flavored Cheetos could spell salt reduction innovation http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/09/a-masterstroke-pepsi-flavored-cheetos-could-spell-salt-reduction-innovation/ http://www.blueskyretail.com/2013/09/a-masterstroke-pepsi-flavored-cheetos-could-spell-salt-reduction-innovation/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:10:30 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=586

Frito-Lay’s limited edition Pepsi-flavored Cheetos in Japan aren’t anything ground-breaking, but the new taste profile could be used as a platform to reduce salt levels, an innovation expert says.

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