RX FULFILLMENT CO. FILES BANKRUPTCYacies here, which provides fulfillment for the online pharmacy services of Memphis, Tenn.-based Piggly Wiggly Co. and about 1,000 other supermarkets, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to sell its 43...
As consumer packaged goods manu-facturers get more comfortable with Internet coupons, many are exploring more sophisticated ways to use them, like linking them to online surveys, rewards programs, targeted e-mail newsletters and retail frequent...
CHICAGO (FNS) -- Online promotions can reduce costs, extend the reach of traditional promotions and help target customers in the store, according to Robert Rubin, research director for Forrester Research, Cambridge, Mass.Speaking at last month's...
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway here said last week it has formed an alliance with Tesco, London, that will give the U.S. retailer access to the U.K. company's Internet know-how and proprietary software.U.S. analysts interviewed by SN said they...
Albertson's doesn't ship very many prescriptions from its state-of-the-art Internet pharmacy fulfillment center in Carlsbad, Calif., and that's just the way the company wants it.Rather than attempting to create a separate pharmacy operation...
PASADENA, Calif. -- The development of online grocery shopping will invariably be linked with the traditional in-store experience, according to panelists last week at a workshop here at the SN/Executive Technology Summit on e-commerce."Online...
PASADENA, Calif. -- Executives from Tesco.com, the online grocery service of food retailer Tesco, Cheshunt, England, said the company's high level of success with its online grocery venture can be duplicated or surpassed in the United States.The...