PRETORIA, South Africa -- In what sounds like a "tomorrowland" exhibit at a World's Fair, a Pick 'n Pay hypermarket here recently demonstrated a technology that lets point-of-sale systems tally an order in one second...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- It's still Sweden's largest retailer, but Kooperativa Forbundet here has seen competitors whittle away at its market share in recent years. Company officials hope better use of data will turn...
PRETORIA, South Africa -- In what sounds like a "tomorrowland" exhibit at a World's Fair, a Pick 'n Pay hypermarket here recently demonstrated a technology that lets point-of-sale systems tally an order in one second...
One-stop shopping continues to be a buzz phrase in the supermarket industry. And retailers increasingly are discovering that in-store banks can be the pivotal addition to the growing mix of departments and franchises...
Management information systems managers and systems gurus say the technology necessary to support Efficient Consumer Response is already available. But like harried commuters waiting for a light to turn green, most...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Supervalu has doubled the number of companies it is communicating with through electronic data interchange in the last two years, and the wholesaler-retailer is far from through yet."We went from 500...
G&R Felpausch Co. also has found effectively sharing information often means sharing people. Key personnel from several departments at the Hastings, Mich.-based chain have found stints in the MIS department are...
ATLANTA -- The GMA-FMI Joint Industry Coupon Committee endorsed two scannable bar codes as standards to facilitate couponing when it met here on Feb. 16.The codes are an extended version of UCC/EAN-128, believed to be...
Systems aside, proponents of Efficient Consumer Response say it's the effective standardization of electronic data interchange languages that will make or break ECR.Currently, EDI is used to transmit purchase orders...
Ongoing cooperative efforts between supermarkets and manufacturers to boost distribution efficiency are proving a strong motivator for working together. But players on both sides of the net say trust is still an issue...
