NEW YORK -- Data warehouses -- those massive repositories of information that retailers draw upon to improve everything from customer relationships to supply-chain processes -- can become even more functional when...
NRF, Forrester in On-Line EffortWASHINGTON -- The National Retail Federation here and Forrester Research, Cambridge, Mass., will collaborate on a project to track on-line retail trends, including sales and traffic, on...
CHICAGO -- From the heart of Texas to England's high streets, retailers are preparing for fourth-quarter surges in demand with contingency planning tactics that include consumer-education campaigns, practice drills...
CHICAGO -- Supermarkets are making progress within the realm of home-meal replacement, but just like tonight's dinner, it's not come together yet.Three years after HMR found its place in the industry's acronym bank...
CHICAGO -- The technology horizon for retailers is riddled with a host of hidden land mines and undiscovered treasures that promise new competitive opportunities.It's a mixed bag of hope and fear as retailers...
CANTON, Mass. -- A closely watched year-2000 dispute between J. Baker here and Andersen Consulting was settled out of court following mediation that resulted in both parties agreeing to withdraw their claims.At issue...
DENVER -- Retailers and technology vendors are working together to develop standard technical specifications that would enable point-of-sale systems to easily hook up with any peripheral device, such as a printer or...
WARREN, Mich. -- Produce Palace, a food retailer here, received a $250,000 check as a settlement in the first year-2000 lawsuit brought by a merchant against a technology provider.The lawsuit was prompted by the...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here will test eight, and perhaps up to 12, self-checkout stations in one hypermarket, in the largest single-store installation in the country.The chain, which has some stores that...
NEW YORK -- With the countdown to Jan. 1, 2000 having just passed the 500-day mark Aug. 19, information technology executives from a variety of retailing segments say the clock on the year-2000 computer time bomb is...