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ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS GAINING, STUDY SHOWS
Mar 28, 1994
TAMPA, Fla. -- Retailers are installing electronic payment systems at record rates, even though it costs substantially more to process a debit or credit card transaction than it does to accept cash.That's because the...
1ST SUPERMARKET TECHNICAL SCHOOL LAUNCHED
Mar 21, 1994
SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. -- Seven New Jersey retailers and a vocational school here have begun what industry sources say is the nation's first technical training school for supermarkets.The curriculum teaches high school...
TWO ROUTES TO SAVINGS
Mar 21, 1994
Supermarkets have found two ways to improve efficiency and save money on transportation. Paradoxically, one gives them greater control, while the other takes some away.In one instance, computer-based routing is giving...
MICROMARKETING IS GAINING WIDER USE
Mar 21, 1994
NEW YORK -- Brand marketers are turning to micromarketing tools that tie consumer buying patterns to specific stores through more efficient use of data bases.The approach is supplanting traditional mass marketing in...
SAVE MART REDUCES STAFF USING AUTOMATED DSD
Mar 14, 1994
TAMPA, Fla. -- Save Mart was able to cut its accounts payable staff by 65% after automating its direct-store-delivery system.That was just one of the cost-saving efficiencies uncovered as a result of instituting an...
FARM FRESH ROLLS OUT ANTI-THEFT TAGS
Mar 07, 1994
NORFOLK, Va. -- Farm Fresh here is rolling out an anti-shoplifting system chainwide following a four-month test in three stores.The program is credited with helping cut health and beauty care shrink in half in the...
APT SAYS IT'S TIME TO GET ON-LINE
Mar 07, 1994
NEW YORK -- This is the year for marketers to hitch their brands to the rising star of electronic marketing, according to an executive with Advanced Promotion Technologies. "Electronic data base marketing no longer is...
HANNAFORD TO LINK UNITS WITH SATELLITE NETWORK
Mar 07, 1994
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here is rolling out a $2.3 million satellite network to link its 100 stores in the Northeast.The network will simplify communications among stores by putting them all under one...
TECHNOLOGY DRAWS A CROWD
Feb 28, 1994
TAMPA, Fla. -- A record number of retailers will be attending the MarkeTechnics show here this week, reflecting a surge of interest in technology that is thought to be critical to the industry's survival.The three-day...
SYSTEMS MERGER CREATES BIG DEBIT CARD NETWORK
Feb 14, 1994
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Use of debit cards by supermarkets is getting a major boost in the Midwest with the merger of point-of-sale and automated teller networks owned by Magic Line here and Chicago-based Cash Station.The...
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