Sur La Table Launches Same-Day Delivery of Housewares

Has partnered with Instacart to offer delivery from 80+ Sur La Table locations in 23 states

Retailing

Williams Sonoma Launches Exclusive Giada De Laurentiis Line

Line includes kitchen prep tools, pasta sauces and seasonings

Natural & Organic

Victoria Hartman Leads Blue Moose

Named president of the natural food company

Retailing

Willy Street to Expand Location

Willy Street Co-op owners voted to expand the University Ave. location in Middleton, Wis. It currently is the smallest of the co-op’s three stores, and the expansion will allow for a better shopping experience, including easier access to prepared foods and the juice bar.

Reaching the Urbanized, Aspirational World Consumer

5/2/2017 — CG companies face flat or slow growth in established markets. In fact, in CGT’s 2016 ranking of the Top 100 Consumer Goods Companies, prior year revenue losses once again outnumbered revenue gains.

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Tabletop & Gifts

Bormioli Luigi to Buy Bormioli Rocco

Deal will unite Italian glassware and tabletop companies

Retailing

New Cheese Shop Opens in Cincinnati

The Rhined opens in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood

Cheese, Dairy & Deli

Stonyfield Sold to Lactalis

Danone has entered a binding agreement with Lactalis to sell its U.S. dairy subsidiary, Stonyfield, for $875 million, 20 times its EBITDA in 2016. Stonyfield generated about $370 million in turnover in 2016.

CJKollective Fashion Boutique models mobile retailing at Philly Gift Show

Trade Shows

Philly Gift Show to Debut Discovery Zone

The Philadelphia Gift Show is partnering with the American Mobile Retail Association (AMRA) to present new, pop-up mobile retail business sessions in the newly formed Discovery Zone

QVC sells gourmet kitchenware and specialty foods.

Retailing

QVC Parent to Buy Rival Home Shopping Network in $2.1B Deal

The parent company of televised shopping network QVC has struck a $2.1 billion deal to purchase all of its rival, Home Shopping Network (HSN).

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