Study: Grocery shoppers want stocked shelves, clean stores

October 22, 2012

A recent study by The Retail Feedback Group reveals that out-of-stocks are the most important overall element that impact satisfaction with the grocery trip…

Scan and Go crosses the pond, piloted in London Sainsbury's

October 18, 2012

Sainsbury's supermarket in London is currently testing the Scan and Go self-checkout app that made headlines here in the U.S. when Walmart piloted the program.

Walmart stock soars as company announces growth

October 11, 2012

Walmart's stock hit an all-time high yesterday, allowing the retailer to promise investors that they will continue to deliver strong results, according to an…

Tesco to deploy 'scan as you shop' at more locations

October 5, 2012

The U.K. chain store Tesco is planning a national rollout of scan-as-you-shop devices after a successful trial, according to a recent article on…

Discount retailers turn 50

September 18, 2012

The holy trinity of discount retailers celebrates a 50th birthday this year. Kmart, Walmart and Target (coincidentally) all began selling discounted…

The Walmart whale is making waves in South Africa retail

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

It is one thing to read about international retailing, but quite another to experience it firsthand. I've visited South Africa several times on safaris, but…

Why Costco discounts postage stamps ... and why it matters

by Micah Solomon — president, four aces inc

A good equation for value is as follows: Value = Personal Benefit minus Cost and Inconvenience. But the "personal benefit" variable can easily override the…

Revel brings iPad POS to supermarkets

August 22, 2012

Revel Systems, a provider of iPad point-of-sale (POS) solutions, has released a new version of its POS system designed specifically for supermarkets and…

Caribou Coffee announces partnership with Chicago's Jewel-Osco

August 20, 2012

Caribou Coffee Company Inc. is expanding its retail and commercial footprint in the Chicago area by partnering with the Jewel-Osco grocery chain. Caribou…

How to save the center of the store

by Jeff Weidauer — Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Vestcom International, Inc.

The New York Times recently ran a piece exploring the shift in traffic from center store to perimeter in a typical supermarket. While the article was…

Finland retail co-op using VeriFone's PaaS solution

August 15, 2012

VeriFone Systems Inc. announced it has won its largest to date payments-as-a-service contract with an agreement to supply a complete range of payments services…

Major grocer looking for a buyer

July 27, 2012

SuperValu is for sale, but one analyst doesn't think its competitors will be in line to make a bid for the nation's third-largest supermarket chain. Instead,…

Oregon grocer selects cloud-based payment platform

July 24, 2012

C&K Market Inc., an Oregon-based grocer, has rolled out a cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution from Retalix Connected Payments across its 6…

The customer-centric retail pricing zone

Analyzing shopping patterns across multiple stores allows for a more profitable pricing-zone strategy.

Study: Self-checkout is here to stay

North America replaced western Europe as the largest region for self-checkout shipments in 2011.

Supermarket offers free groceries ... if you shop nude

June 25, 2012

Bumping into an old friend at a grocery store is always awkward, but now imagine if you were both naked. That was a likely scenario last week at Priss, a new…

NCR unveils grocery store management suite

June 21, 2012

Technology solutions that increase customer service, customer loyalty and store efficiency are more important than ever and are increasingly within reach of…

Theft at self-checkout a growing problem, retail analyst warns

June 20, 2012

According to ABC Sydney, an Australian retail expert says thefts from self-service checkouts in major supermarkets and stores is a growing problem, and one…

Australian grocer scales back self-serve checkout

June 13, 2012

Woolworths, an Australian grocer, is cutting its self-service checkouts for customers in 400 retail outlets across the country. The kiosks, which launched in…

Coinstar's coffee kiosks have a name -- Rubi

June 5, 2012

It's official: Coinstar coffee kiosks are coming to market. It's not exactly news, considering the company previously discussed the business venture with us…