PHOENIX -- Abco Foods' new prototype store here, a 42,000-square-foot facility with a sales environment that's virtually airtight, will serve as the energy efficiency model for new stores.The retailer anticipates the...
Many retailers looking to speed up the electronic payments process would rather "switch" directly to approval networks than fight response rates that come through the twists and turns of third-party processors.By...
MIDDLETOWN, Ky. -- A test of self-service checkstands was launched at a Kroger store here that will likely host future pilot programs such as computer-assisted ordering.Nearly all products sold in the 63,000-square...
CHICAGO -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., boosted labor productivity and slashed employee turnover rates in half after introducing a multimedia computer-based training program.The company, which tracks labor...
CHICAGO -- To launch an electronic marketing program without making it the company's core promotional vehicle is an exercise in futility."You have to live and breathe it. And not many companies do that," said Larry...
Accurate, timely sales data and reliable forecasting capabilities are key ingredients of any continuous replenishment program.However, the degree to which retailers are willing to share movement, promotion and pricing...
Continuous replenishment programs, nearly all of which are managed by vendors today, may eventually be driven by retailers.Most CRPs today use vendor-generated orders based on retailer-supplied warehouse withdrawal...
MUNICH, Germany (FNS) -- Pick Pay, a 103-store discount chain in Switzerland, is testing a customer-tracking system using two-way infrared technology.Edwin Scherrer, Pick Pay's chief executive, said the system...
"The margin is high, so let's carry a lot of that product." "Our direct-store-delivery system seems to be operating efficiently." "Private label is boosting the bottom line."These and other seemingly fair statements...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here is testing a distribution approach that consolidates orders and shipments from multiple vendors.The pilot program, which involves five manufacturers, a third-party...