Peter Perrotta

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STOP & SHOP WILL PILOT NEW KIOSKS
Mar 11, 2002
QUINCY, Mass. -- In an effort to build incremental sales in a new channel, Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. will pilot an in-store kiosk program that allows shoppers to order up to 50,000 hard-to-find items not stocked on...
HANNAFORD INSTALLS ELECTRONIC LOGISTICS
Mar 04, 2002
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- In a move that could save it up to 12% a year on transportation costs, Hannaford Bros. Markets here said last week it will switch to a Web-based service to manage its transport logistics...
AHOLD TO IMPLEMENT CATEGORY PLANNER
Feb 25, 2002
CHANTILLY, Va. -- Officials at Ahold USA here said it is rolling out a new Web-based category management system in 1,100 stores across five chains. It is designed to provide more standardized and less conflicting...
IN THE FAST LANE
Feb 18, 2002
SAN DIEGO -- Supermarket retailers are focusing on investing in more customer-tangible technologies this year, like updating front-end checkouts, as opposed to initiatives that improve back-end logistics.That was the...
EDI LOWERS TRANSACTION COSTS FOR TEXAS GROCER
Feb 18, 2002
SAN DIEGO -- Implementing a Web-based, electronic data interchange system to communicate with most of its suppliers has saved United Supermarkets, Lubbock, Texas, up to $400,000 a year in transaction costs.In fact...
INFORMATION IS KING
Feb 04, 2002
Now that we have all this technology, what do we do with it? That was a key element of the second part of an informal SN discussion forum on how technology has impacted customer service and profitability for retailers...
RETAILERS FINE-TUNE LOYALTY
Feb 04, 2002
Industry statistics show that 75% of U.S households have already signed up for a supermarket loyalty shopping program.With that many programs, it just isn't enough anymore for supermarket retailers to simply have a...
WHEN DOES TECHNOLOGY BECOME TOO MUCH TECHNOLOGY?
Feb 04, 2002
As the technology crowd gathers this week in San Diego for the Food Marketing Institute's Marketechnics 2002 show, it's time to reflect on what some are citing as a growing concern -- privacy.The issue has been...
WWRE LAUNCHES A SURPLUS EXCHANGE
Feb 04, 2002
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Officials from the WorldWide Retail Exchange here said it is launching a Web-based Surplus Goods Exchange this month that will enable retailers to sell excess inventory to other retailers.Steve Carr...
KROGER IS PILOTING AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION
Jan 28, 2002
NEW YORK -- Seeking to improve a high employee turnover rate that cost it $80 million last year, Kroger, Cincinnati, is piloting an electronic application process designed to predict a prospective employee's retention...
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