Jewel-Osco opens first green store

September 25, 2008

ITASCA, Ill. — Jewel-Osco, one of the largest private employers in the state of Illinois, announced it will seek Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design…

Fred Meyer goes HD

September 25, 2008

In-Store Marketer: Fred Meyer has outfitted its electronics departments with a new high-definition digital signage network. Custom content is being developed…

Conference to focus on the future of grocery stores

September 22, 2008

The Packer: The Retail Store Development Conference will focus on how a shrinking market affects future retail development, including demographics, financing…

Opinion: Most loyalty programs use the wrong incentives

September 22, 2008

Wall Street Journal: The biggest problem with loyalty programs, according to two professors of management science, is that most retailers adopt a…

Hackers 'are picking on the small guys'

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

New research into recent card breach incidents may surprise merchants.

BlinkMedia unveiling its Intelligent Shopping Cart

September 21, 2008

TechTree (India): BlinkMedia announced plans for its Intelligent Shopping Cart, a battery-powered, tablet-like device that will rest on a shopping cart. Tied…

Frito-Lay uses fake store to watch customer behavior

September 11, 2008

BNET: When Frito-Lay wants to see the impact of a packaging change or an end-cap display, the Dallas salty snack purveyor no longer has to wait for sales…

'Aldi's cost-cutting makes Walmart look like Whole Foods'

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

September 10, 2008

Reveries.com: Aldi's U.S. sales are nowhere near Wal-Mart's — $3.3 billion in 2006 versus $92 billion for Wal-Mart, according to FMI. But Aldi's focus on…

Wal-Mart Mexico signs with Thomson for in-store media

August 26, 2008

PARIS — Thomson's Premier Retail Networks Inc. (PRN) announced it has reached an agreement with Wal-Mart Mexico to operate its retail media network that covers…

Gaps closing between consumer multichannel expectations, retailer readiness

August 25, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. company, today released the results of a recent survey that shows that the gaps are closing between…

Customer-centric planning

Retailers must look at touchpoints from the shopper's point of view.

Xterprise announces retail RFID suite

August 20, 2008

DALLAS — Xterprise Inc. has announced a new suite of solutions for retail applications, which introduce advanced inventory management and execution…

Neighborhood retail making a comeback

August 17, 2008

Springfield Business Journal: During the past 50 years, the commercial development industry has followed rooftop demographics as they moved farther out on the…

Grocery shopping more enjoyable now than in the 1950s, says shopper

August 17, 2008

Elizabethton (Tenn.) Star: Jeanette Hyatt says shopping for groceries in 1953 was like "being in slow motion" when compared to grocery shopping today. Grocery…

Solidcore 'runtime control' secures the POS

August 17, 2008

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Solidcore Systems Inc., provider of software to detect and prevent unwanted change, has released POS Check and Control for easily securing…

Cameras move beyond loss prevention

Video systems earn greater role in merchandising.

Grocers shift strategy to fight discounters

August 14, 2008

Business Week: Executives at mid-market grocery giants such as Safeway, SuperValu and Delhaize Group have cut their growth projections recently amid slowing…

Smart shopping carts gain momentum

August 13, 2008

The Canadian Press: Smart-cart technology — shopping carts with attached interactive video consoles — is gaining momentum in the United States and Europe.

Expert: Shoppers can't afford to be loyal

August 10, 2008

The Globe and Mail: Shoppers cannot afford to remain loyal, according to retail guru and "true-life sixties-era Mad Man" Don Watt. "They will remain loyal if…

Retailing to the digital native

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

A new type of shopper requires a new level of engagement.