Will supermarkets fade?(combined power of P&G and Gillette will restore the balance of retailer-vendor power)(Procter & Gamble Co)

From: The Shopper Report | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Reporters and consultants are asking me (and any other consumer and industry watchers they can find) whether the combined power of P&G and Gillette will restore the balance of retailer-vendor power. They are also asking and speculating on what it might do to help or harm supermarkets, drug stores, specialty stores, club stores, convenience stores, dollar stores, and other not-yet-invented formats as they struggle to compete against the Wal-Mart colossus.

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