The smorgasbord of electronic payment methods now available in supermarkets is only going to expand in coming years. The spread of electronic benefits transfer programs and tests of smart card-based payments are...
The point of sale is the pressure point of the supermarket. At the same time as retailers load it up with new customer payment options, marketing messages and data-gathering devices, they also want accurate, quick...
Electronic shelf labels are steadily taking hold in supermarkets, with the promise of greater pricing accuracy and substantial labor savings overcoming retailers' concerns about high initial installation costs.But the...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A chainwide rollout of software applications that will allow Bruno's here to analyze cashier performance based on data gathered at the point-of-sale will begin this month.Bruno's, with...
BOSTON -- Since migrating toward a "just-in-time" store replenishment program, Albert Heijn, a division of Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands, has been using customer purchase data to streamline deliveries, a move that has...
BOSTON -- Safeway plc, Hayes, Great Britain, is reducing fuel usage and improving driver productivity with a satellite-tracking system that will allow it to monitor the location and performance of its entire...
MIAMI -- While a variety of supermarket retailers on Manhattan's Upper West Side still continue to test smart cards as a payment option, a fast food restaurant is motivating its customers to make purchases with...
Retailers have more choices regarding electronic shelf label systems, and seem more willing to test the units now that their prices are coming down somewhat.Among the benefits ESLs provide are improvements in price...
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Retailers need to move their frequent-shopper programs beyond electronic discounts, and begin rewarding their best customers with creative incentives as the means of achieving customer loyalty...
MALVERN, Pa. -- Acme Markets here is providing its customers with rewards for purchases charged on its new co-branded credit card, which also doubles as a frequent-shopper card for the retailer's loyalty program.The...