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May 14, 2013
Macy’s dons its patriotic colors

The Fourth of July fireworks extravaganza is not the only patriotic item on Macy’s all-American agenda. The retailer is launching its American Icons campaign, featuring American-inspired merchandise, Wednesday, May 15.

May 9, 2013
Walmart gets in on conservation effort

Walmart’s Acres for America program, a conservation partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, is working on new projects in Arkansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Maine and Oregon.

April 25, 2013
Duck brand assembles with The Avengers

Duck brand Duck Tape is joining forces with Marvel superheroes the Avengers. The Avengers Duck Tape features Captain America, Thor, Hulk and Iron Man.

April 22, 2013
Macy’s tapping into customer creativity for new ad

Macy’s is turning to its customers for its next commercial, the retailer’s first national crowd-sourced spot created in celebration of America by Americans.

April 15, 2013
Kmart joins team to fight childhood hunger

Kmart and Shop Your Way are teaming up with New York Times bestselling author Sandra Lee to support the Share Our Strength Bake Sale for No Kid Hungry campaign. The national fundraising initiative encourages people to host bake sales in their communities to help end childhood hunger in the United States.

April 11, 2013
MarketLive honors the best in e-commerce

MarketLive, a provider of e-commerce technology and services for high-growth merchants, has announced the winners of its annual MarketLive Merchant Awards, honoring the top performing e-commerce sites across MarketLive's customer base of America's leading retail brands.

April 10, 2013
Macy's heats up the grilling competition

Macy's has launched a new contest to find America's best griller. Customers can enter the "Macy's Great American Grilling Guru" contest via Facebook.com/macys from April 9 through April 27. Six finalists will be pitted against each other in a "Sizzle Showdown" on June 8 in Atlanta.

April 8, 2013
Macy's launches American Icons campaign

Macy's has announced the launch of its American Icons campaign, a cross-country tribute to the beloved traditions, people and landscapes of America.

April 4, 2013
Grocery Manufacturers Association names new legal head

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has named Karin F.R. Moore as VP and general counsel.

April 4, 2013
Hunger heroes include Target

Target was among six companies recognized by Second Harvest Heartland, a member of Feeding America, as one of the relief organization’s Hunger Heroes.

April 3, 2013
Food Lion launches campaign to support Feeding America

Food Lion has launched its "Hunger Has a Cure" campaign to support Feeding America and its network of local food banks.

March 22, 2013
The future of savings thanks to Apple

Coupon publisher News America Marketing has expanded its mobile application to the iPhone following last year’s introduction on the iPad.

March 21, 2013
"Made in America?" Not Any Time Soon

Allow me to be the group historian for a minute. Does anyone remember, in 1984, the "Crafted with Pride in the U.S.A." advertising campaign, spearheaded by the late Roger Milliken, and funded by a consortium of fiber, chemical and textile companies? This was supposed to have instilled enough patriotism in the consumer to buy goods made in America at a furious enough rate to keep manufacturing here on our soil.

March 21, 2013
Office Depot honored for working with women-owned businesses

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot was named to the 2012 list of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). This marks the eleventh year that Office Depot has been included on the selective list.

March 21, 2013
Supervalu sale complete

Supervalu has completed the sale of its Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Market stores and related Osco and Sav-on in-store pharmacies to AB Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of a Cerberus Capital Management-led investor consortium, in a stock deal valued at $3.3 billion, including $100 million in cash and $3.2 billion in debt assumption.

March 13, 2013
Walmart CEO introduces First Lady at Business Roundtable

Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke introduced First Lady Michelle Obama at the Business Roundtable Wednesday with the following remarks:

March 11, 2013
Dove gives women chance to control Facebook ad space, promote positive beauty messages

Dove is celebrating International Women's Day by giving women the power to control Facebook ads so they can fight back against the ones that prey on their insecurities and promote the positive ones.

March 11, 2013
New Target collection feeds need for fashion and hunger relief

Target has partnered with FEED Projects, a social business founded by Lauren Bush Lauren, to create the FEED USA + Target collection. The limited-time-only collection will include more than 50 stylish products and benefit Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity.

March 7, 2013
Health advocates get Birds Eye view into ending childhood obesity

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Birds Eye, a brand of Pinnacle Foods, was invited to share its successful strategy for getting youth to eat their vegetables at the Partnership for a Healthier America's (PHA) 2013 Building a Healthier Future Summit this week, at a time when childhood obesity experts are looking for new approaches and new options to tackle this complex issue.

March 4, 2013
Walmart Foundation serves up big bowl of philanthropy

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The Walmart Foundation is celebrating National Nutrition Month and National School Breakfast Week by giving $6.7 million in grants to five national nonprofit organizations that are providing children with school breakfast and helping families develop better eating habits. The grants are part of Walmart and the Walmart Foundation's $2 billion cash and in-kind commitment through 2015 to help fight hunger in America and Walmart's 2011 initiative to provide customers with healthier and more affordable food choices.

February 25, 2013
Food industry fires back at obesity book

The head of the Grocery Manufacturers Association took exception this week to a new book which portrays consumers as hapless victims preyed upon by food industry giants that peddle addictive products.

February 25, 2013
The Let’s Move! express comes to Walmart

First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to visit a Walmart store in Springfield, Mo., this week as part of a nationwide tour to generate interest in her Let’s Move! children’s health initiative.

February 14, 2013
AEO gets students engaged with national parks

American Eagle Outfitters has expanded its partnership with the Student Conservation Association to engage students in service to America's national parks.

February 11, 2013
Reports: Delhaize America to cut 500 jobs

Delhaize America is cutting 500 jobs, according to published reports.

February 7, 2013
M&M's makes helping out even sweeter

M&M's brand candy has launched a new cause-related marketing partnership with Habitat For Humanity International designed to make 'America Better With M' by funding home construction across the United States.

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