San Diego-based Villager Goods launched Little Villager, a low-sugar and flavorful organic beverage for kids. Co-founded by active and health-conscious parents Josh Landan and Jeff Hansson, Villager Goods is also owned in partnership with a team of professional surf, skateboard, and snowboard athlete investor-ambassadors.

British philosopher Alan Watts once said, “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.” As the American retail landscape continues to change, it seems as though mass merchandiser chains are joining this “dance.”

Chameleon Cold-Brew added Caramel Concentrate to its line of cold-brew coffee products. 

The Chicago-based Network of Executive Women (NEW), which represents nearly 10,000 members from the retail and consumer goods and services industries, announced that it launched the NEW Future Fund, a campaign aimed at achieving 50/50 gender parity in the industry, it says.
 

Between 2010 and 2012, the mass merchandisers channel declined nearly 3 percent, according to data from Euromonitor International, Chicago.