In the wake of the coupon fraud incidents stemming from the Internet that struck the Atlanta market and elsewhere last month, retailers are taking a variety of stances on whether to accept any or all coupons sourced...
ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. here is the first company to pilot a new service that allows distributors and manufacturers to leverage their existing EDI connections to send information to, and receive...
At a time when the Internet has been under relentless attack from hackers, retailers are rightly concerned about the security of their Web-based networks. But just as vulnerable -- if not more so -- are their in-store...
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Shaw's Supermarkets here is setting up a Web-based vehicle by which smaller suppliers will be able to electronically send the chain pricing and promotion information.Jim Sheehan, Shaw's...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- To support its software development efforts, Hannaford Bros. here is now using the services of 60 programmers from an outsourcing firm based in India.Bill Homa, chief information officer for...
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway here last week became the latest food distributor to subscribe to UCCnet, the provider of a global registry used to facilitate data synchronization between retailers and their suppliers...
MONTREAL -- Optimal Robotics here, a major supplier of self-checkout systems, announced last week that it was laying off approximately 45 people, roughly 10% of its workforce.The move comes as self-checkout systems...
Like many things in the retail supply chain/technology arena, CPFR (collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment), now one of the industry's more recognized acronyms, started with Wal-Mart.In 1993, the...
When it comes to terrorist acts, contaminating or corrupting the food supply may not be as spectacular as taking out the World Trade Center. Yet the food industry is viewing threats to food security throughout the...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Manufacturers' costs for warehouse-delivered unsaleable products -- those that arrive at stores but cannot be sold -- increased slightly in 2002 across retail channels to $2.6 billion, from $2.5...