ALBANY, Calif. -- Andronico's here has begun testing technology designed to keep shopping carts within their home store's perimeter.The antitheft device uses a custom caster with an integrated protective braking shell...
The stereotype of the technophobic chief executive officer, who knows little more about information technology than that it soaks up too much of the corporate budget, may be fading. But even the most plugged-in...
WASHINGTON -- The Internet, which lets users access an almost unimaginably vast network of information, is being used by the Food Marketing Institute here to make attending its biggest trade show an easier, more...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A one-store beta test of electronic shelf labels by Furr's Supermarkets here, scheduled for completion in six months, has already produced enough positive results that the retailer is planning a...
NEW ORLEANS -- Card-based frequent-shopper programs displayed a remarkable growth rate in the past year, with the number of store units offering such programs increasing 32%, from 5,867 in the first quarter of 1997 to...
NEW ORLEANS -- The ultimate goal of database marketing -- using individual customer information to cost-effectively provide the exact products and services each customer wants -- may seem unrealistic in the high...
As the number and type of products offered in supermarkets expand, especially in the fast-growing home-meal replacement category, retailers are using cases designed to showcase numerous products together, creating a...
LANDOVER, Md. -- Giant Food here will begin a 140-store rollout of new PC-based point-of-sale terminals for its in-store pharmacies in May.The open-systems technology employs a graphical interface, allowing users to...
The most innovative and important warehouse-building boom in the supermarket industry involves not bricks and mortar but information. Early positive results with data warehousing have retailers eager to "stock the...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here is planning to process its electronic transactions via a new in-house financial switch by Thanksgiving. Pilot tests in a select number of stores are planned for June, with a...