US: Small store uncertainty amid Supervalu closure
By: just-food.com | 27 October 2009
The question marks hanging over attempts by US retailers to run smaller, urban stores successfully have grown after Supervalu Inc decided to shut down an outlet in Chicago.
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The question marks hanging over attempts by US retailers to run smaller, urban stores successfully have grown after Supervalu Inc decided to shut down an outlet in Chicago.

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