The Center for Market Advantage presents the Rutgers Business School Payment Practices Index for the U.S. retail industry. The Payment Practices Index surveys vendors that provide goods and services to U.S. retailers and reflects the experience that these vendors have with the payment practices of their clients. In the 2017 Rutgers Business School Payment Practices Index of the U.S. Retailers, Dollar Tree, Whole Foods Market, and Family Dollar Stores received the highest ratings while Bed Bath & Beyond, Sears, and Ahold Delhaize were rated the lowest.

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