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Management information systems could win an Oscar for their supporting role in the area of merchandising.uying and merchandising decisions, MIS departments must tap into the vast data pools now available and devise enhanced tools for making more...
Once again the switch of prescription medicines to over-the-counter status has sparked a legal battle among manufacturers, leaving supermarkets and their pharmacists caught in the middle and consumers asking questions about the efficacy of such...
In today's food industry, driven by the quest for supply chain efficiency and the demand to target customers more effectively, it would be difficult to overemphasize the importance of generating accurate scan data.frequent shopper clubs.For some...
Abco Appoints Merchandisers has been named a nonfood merchandiser at Abco Foods here. Daniels was a store manager in the chain. He succeeds Vic Anthony, who is now a grocery category manager-merchandiser.Senior VP of Sales Is Named by...
Real-time processing -- the ability to gain instantaneous access to key information from virtually any system within a company -- is emerging as a topic of hot debate within many segments of the industry.ols.In areas such as electronic payment...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Retailers and wholesalers are braving the heat here this week to learn how to prevent a number of energy-related issues from boiling over.Supermarket engineering and technical executives are ready to confront key issues on a...
CHICAGO -- The opening of the National Livestock and Meat Board's Meat Marketing Technology Center, scheduled for this month, has been postponed until January 1996.Sources close to the project said some retailers need more time to acclimate meat...
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Shaw's Supermarkets here, well-regarded for implementing best practices for operational efficiency, will share its information management prowess with 300 commissaries worldwide.Shaw's Retail Grocery System, which...
NEWARK, Del. -- The Produce for Better Health Foundation is kicking off the 5 a Day week promotion this week, with new radio ads and point-of-sale materials centered on a new goal-oriented theme, "Take the 5 a Day Challenge."To kick off the...