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...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 19, 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The shops sell some of the usual convenience store fare — snacks, beverages and skincare products from major brands....
...But the discounting strategies of retailing powers Amazon and Wal-Mart are making it difficult for goods makers to raise prices....
...Yai Yanee, owner of snack company Siam Delicious, said she was paid by a company that comes to her factory and sorts out her trash....
...A quarter century ago, his biggest non-financial investments — the “sainted seven” — were brands that included See’s Candies and Nebraska Furniture Mart....
...Meanwhile, the cartoon show The Simpsons has an entire invented brandscape – ranging from the Kwik-E-Mart to Duff Beer to the Canyonero car....
...The group attributed its improved performance to the rising popularity of pet snacks and to price increases it implemented last year in order to compensate for higher commodity costs....
...Then, the entrance into the UK market of Wal-Mart via Asda sent a cost-cutting wave through the industry. Tesco is not renowned for leaving fat margins on its supply contracts....
...The single-serve packages also follow a boom in small packages of snacks and sodas that has been driven by obesity and health concerns, after the success of the 100 calorie “snack pack” of cookies introduced...
...Big movers included the recently floated Want Want Holdings, a snack and beverage maker, which surged 11.3 per cent to HK$2.85....
...Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, is dipping its toes into online grocery sales, with the expansion of a home shipping service for products including Perrier water and free-trade coffee at Sam’s Club, its...
...Buy-out groups dominated auctions this year but tighter credit markets and their lack of scale could make a snacks and coffee takeover difficult to pull off....
...The move comes as Wal-Mart, P&G’s largest customer, is pushing its suppliers to cut packaging by at least 5 per cent....
...No one has ever gone into Wal-Mart to buy a refreshing snack to keep the doctor away and come out by mistake with a computer or Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band....
...After all, the more razor blades, snacks or shampoo you are already selling, the larger the incremental volume needed to have a meaningful impact....
...Amazon said it had gradually expanded the “food and snacks” segment of its online “health and personal care” store in recent months....
...At seven o’clock, a few miles away at the Eastwood Mall in Niles, things were even busier, with long lines at the Old Navy clothing store, where a greeter was handing out breakfast snack bars at the door...
...He said P&G and Gillette were in the process of combining the best of the “trade terms and trade promotion incentive programmes” with retailers such as Wal-Mart....
...large early crowds with limited time offers including a Toshiba laptop for $380, while Old Navy, Gap’s low cost brand, drew long lines with a holiday scratch card discount competition, and free breakfast snacks...
...But now the power is shifting to Wal-Mart and a handful of other big stores that are able to squeeze the suppliers," says Mr Pirko....
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