Retail - Supermarkets & Grocery Stores News
WINCOR WORLD: 360-degree scanning will speed check-out
January 30, 2008
The Real 360 works when a shopper places no more than 1 item each on its segmented conveyor belt. Merchandise then is sped through a tunnel of…
read nowBrand-sponsored events boost purchase intent
January 28, 2008
BrandWeek: A new survey shows in-person events can boost purchase intent by as much as 52 percent. According to the report, released this month by the…
read nowTesco plans department-style stores
January 23, 2008
Reuters: Tesco has plans to open multiple-level stores, revealing a new threat to store owners like Marks and Spencer and Debenhams. "Where land is premium we…
read nowGreen shoppers drive larger baskets
January 22, 2008
Progressive Grocer: A new study, performed by Catalina Marketing in conjunction with the FMI Sustainability Task Force, found that when one nonfood green…
read nowWhole Foods to get rid of plastic bags
January 21, 2008
USA Today: Whole Foods will announce plans to stop offering disposable, plastic grocery bags in all 270 stores in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom…
read nowNRF board calls for economic stimulus
January 15, 2008
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The National Retail Federation Board of Directors has called on Congress and President Bush to enact legislation to stimulate the nation's…
read nowWal-Mart to open small-footprint grocery stores
January 15, 2008
The Arizona Republic: Just one month after Tesco opened its first smaller-scale Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, Wal-Mart Corp. is reportedly planning a…
read nowStudy: Pricey products trigger happy responses in consumers
January 15, 2008
MSNBC: The more we believe an item is worth, the happier we are with our purchase — at least for a short time, says a study released in Proceedings of the…
read nowMicrosoft bringing ads to shopping carts
January 14, 2008
CNN: Microsoft Corp. is bringing digital advertising to the grocery cart. The software maker spent four years working with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart…
read nowKroger testing paperless coupons
January 13, 2008
Forbes: Some grocery chains are trying paperless, or digital, coupons. Kroger Co. is partnering with Procter & Gamble Co. to offer paperless discounts for…
read nowIBM unveils results of new retail loyalty survey
January 13, 2008
NEW YORK — IBM unveiled a new survey of 19,000 U.S. consumers which found that across multiple retail segments, only 21 percent of consumers are advocates for…
read nowARTS releases SOA blueprint for retail
January 13, 2008
NEW YORK — The Association for Retail Technology Standards, the standards division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the SOA…
read nowWincor Nixdorf bringing retail IT platform to the U.S.
January 10, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas — Wincor Nixdorf, supplier of IT solutions for the retail and banking industries, announced the U.S. introduction of its TP.net software…
read nowMarketers experimenting with digital signage
January 9, 2008
Promo: Borders is not the only retailer discovering what behemoths like Wal-Mart already know: In-store TV is a smart way to talk to customers. The networks…
read nowIBM unveils new retail software architecture
January 9, 2008
ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM announced the IBM Retail Integration Framework, an enterprise software architecture designed to help retailers accelerate the…
read nowDevice lets shoppers scan as they go
January 9, 2008
SouthCoastToday.com: A new way of grocery shopping has been introduced at the Super Stop & Shop in Fairhaven, Mass. It's called easySHOP. Customers carry…
read nowDigital signs, original content coming to Wal-Mart Canada
January 8, 2008
LONDON, Ontario — EK3 Technologies Inc., a digital merchandising firm, has announced an original in-store program recently launched in Wal-Mart Canada stores.
read nowCommentary: RFID and brand protection
January 8, 2008
Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility: In September 2007, Dole Fresh Vegetables issued a voluntary recall of salad mixes that might be…
read nowNew NCR self-checkout can go anywhere in the store
January 6, 2008
DAYTON, Ohio — NCR announced a new solution that allows retailers who have deployed NCR FastLane self-checkout at the front of the store to extend it to…
read nowTop source of retail shrink: employees
January 2, 2008
Progressive Grocer: Retailers suspect that their own employees are the main source of retail shrink, according to a new Retail Systems Research Benchmark…
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