AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (FNS) -- European food retailers could cut their operating costs by up to 1.2% if they implemented Efficient Unit Load programs as part of their Efficient Consumer Response programs.Food...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (FNS) -- European food retailers have boosted their forecast of expected savings from instituting Efficient Consumer Response programs to 6.1% of total costs, or more than $30 billion.That...
CHESHUNT, England (FNS) -- Safeway here is investing $2.43 million in a satellite tracking system with the goal of cutting delivery costs by $1.62 million a year.The satellite system will track the movement of the...
LONDON (FNS) -- Britain's food retailers are continuing their rush into the financial services arena and in the process are succeeding in extending their brand names' equity.The latest additions in the financial...
LONDON (FNS) -- Safeway U.K. is on a roll.The food retailer is growing rapidly again after a thorough review and substantial restructuring of its business over the last two years, according to an interview here with...
LONDON (FNS) -- Tesco PLC wants to get more out of organics.The United Kingdom's largest food retailer has launched an initiative in some of its stores to boost sales of organic fruit and vegetables by pricing the...
LONDON (FNS) -- The development of efficient unit loads as part of supply-chain management could result in savings equal to 1.2% of a product's final sale price, according to a study released by ECR Europe.The study...
BRUSSELS, Belgium (FNS) -- To cope with rising demands on information technology departments, supermarket retailers in Europe are turning to outsourcing to handle more data processing operations.That was the finding...
PARIS (FNS) -- The power of a customized shopper database and multitiered customer loyalty program is a lot more than a sophisticated luxury for one independent retailer in upstate New York.Rather, it is the strategic...
PARIS (FNS) -- Retailers must stop enticing the least desirable shoppers to their stores with endless price promotions and instead concentrate on rewarding their most loyal, and profitable, customers.In addition...