SuperCenter Focus and Warehouse Club Focus both target limited number of (huge) retailers.Each of these newsletters is published by HHC HHC Home Health Care HHC Headquarters Company HHC Health and Hospitals Corporation (New York, NY) HHC Hand-Held Computer HHC Hiphopcanada Inc. Publishing Inc., a niche publisher of business-to-business newsletters. SuperCenter Focus "provides manufacturers with insight as to how to most effectively sell their products to the supercenter industry," in the words of publisher Rebecca Milstien. Each issue focuses its coverage on the supercenter business of Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Fred Meyer, and Meijer--providing feature articles and loads of financial information both in charts and editorial profiles. Additionally, a page of "Observations" is prefaced by these remarks: "SCF's business is the supercenter industry. To that end, SCF SCF Service Canadien des Forêts (Canadian Forest Service) SCF Stem Cell Factor SCF Scientific Committee on Food (European Commission) SCF Service Canadien de la Faune is constantly accumulating information about the industry via phone conversations, supercenter visits, reading numerous publications and manufacturer meetings. This section is SCF's attempt to disseminate that information to the supercenter industry in an ethical and protective manner." Much of the financial information in the newsletter is derived from its annual Supercenter Industry Overview, which is accumulated, researched and prepared by James M. Degen of J.M. Degen & Company Inc., a California-based market research and consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a with a primary focus on the food industry. Warehouse Club Focus is designed to be "a total resource center for anyone interested in the $63 billion warehouse club industry that consists of Costco, SAM'S Club Sam's Club is a membership-only warehouse club owned and operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. History The first Sam's Club opened in April 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma in the United States.[1] Sam's Club is named after Sam Walton. , and B.J.'s Wholesale"--distinguishing itself from other publications that focus on a variety of industries and topics. Its editorial fare mirrors its sister publication, providing detailed financial information and analysis of specific warehouse clubs based on site visits and published reports. In addition to the big three, articles focus on PriceSmart, Cost-U-Less, Smart & Final, Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , and Controladora Comercial Mexicana Comercial Mexicana is a Mexican hypermarket group, which features stores similar to those owned by Wal-Mart in the United States or Carrefour in France. It is part of the Controladora Comercial Mexicana Group which also owns the local Costco warehouse franchise and Restaurantes . |
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