BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- By bringing together marketing and community relations, Ingles Markets here has provided schools in six Southeastern states with approximately $1.5 million worth of free school equipment.The...
SAN ANTONIO -- In an effort to learn whether adult shoppers' purchasing habits change when their children are present, Furr's Supermarkets, Albuquerque, N.M., is conducting a frequent-shopper program for the children...
As wireless technology advances, many retailers are trying to use a variety of applications to reshape the traditional shopping experience at store level. The most visible initiatives that retailers are deploying...
NEW ORLEANS -- As the majority of individual states move toward establishing electronic benefits transfer programs, retailers are awaiting the launch of a pilot this summer that would make the process interoperable...
As retailers continue to take a chance on automating the checkout experience, they are also focusing on the best ways to convince customers about the benefits of using the technology. Then once the customers are sold...
The Internet's high speed, low cost and interoperability have already made it a potent force in on-line retailing to consumers. These same attributes are also encouraging many retailers and wholesalers to enhance and...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Bashas' Markets, Chandler, Ariz., is relying on its store-level interaction with customers, as well as the integration of the Internet, as two live wires that may spark the success of its...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- As third-party home-shopping companies continue to reach out to customers on-line in an attempt to gain a share of grocery dollars, these organizations also are striving to carve out a niche...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- In a move to remain year-2000 compliant with its trading partners and to better process electronic data interchange operations, Fred Meyer Stores here is extending an agreement with a third-party...
HAYES, England -- In an effort to expand its telephone- and fax-based home-shopping business, Safeway here has launched a one-store home-shopping test that allows customers to submit grocery orders from their homes...