NEW ORLEANS -- Distributors are overtaking suppliers as the prime force driving Efficient Consumer Response, according to the latest ECR Progress Report.Retailers and wholesalers are stepping up their ECR involvement...
Nearly half of the supermarket industry's retailers and wholesalers, 45.5%, will be involved in test programs on the Internet in 1996, up from just 12.7% last year, a new survey reveals.The vast majority of companies...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Imagine customers at a Kroger Co. supermarket tapping into interactive multimedia kiosks to purchase video cassette recorders, computers, watches, jewelry, children's books, products from L.L. Bean...
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- If customers had their way, the chief benefit of supermarket technology would be lower product prices, followed by faster checkout lanes.Less than 43% of shoppers feel "very confident" that point...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Independent Grocers Alliance will take another leap forward on the Internet by expanding its World Wide Web site to enable sharing of proprietary information with and between its retail members.The...
This was the year the Internet and the World Wide Web burst onto the scene, seemingly overnight, and captured virtually every food industry executive's attention.It was the year Efficient Consumer Response stopped...
The long-range vision is clear enough: Somewhere down the road, in the not too distant future, retailers and suppliers will use cross-docking techniques for distributing a wide range of products throughout the...
Linking the power of computer networking with an astute grasp of human nature emerged as the key to success for many leading-edge retailer and wholesaler initiatives this year.In areas from loss-prevention and...
NEW YORK -- Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands, outlined plans for growth that call for a doubling of net income within five years and an aggressive supply chain integration in U.S. operations.The chain is also looking to...
CHICAGO -- The Efficient Consumer Response agenda will shift next year to focus more on in-store and consumer issues, according to plans hashed out by the ECR Operating and Executive Committees.The next wave of...