WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio -- To make cashiers' jobs easier and to reduce cashier training time, Heinen's here will implement a PC-based point-of-sale system with a graphical interface screen at its new Chardon, Ohio...
Operating a transportation fleet has always been an information-intensive endeavor, with managers requiring data on routes, loads, fuel usage, maintenance and a host of other variables in order to operate efficiently...
NEW YORK -- To counter some alarming trends in employee theft, retailers have taken proactive, even aggressive approaches to developing employee loss-prevention programs. And most agree technology alone is not enough...
NEW YORK -- Concerns about employee turnover and on-the-job safety have spurred supermarkets to develop comprehensive warehouse training programs, designed to retain safe, efficient employees.Retailers that have...
PLAINWELL, Mich. -- Harding's Friendly Markets here recently implemented software that gathers product sales information directly from the point of sale. The chain plans to use the information for more precise...
NEW YORK -- To PC or not to PC -- that is the question among retailers looking to replace their front-end point-of-sale systems.Many retailers are sold on the flexibility of open-architecture PC-based registers, and...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The New York division of Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, is in the process of implementing software that will help it track store-level performance by compiling information from the point of sale.The...
BROOKINGS, Ore. -- C&K Markets here, a 35-store chain with 29 stores operating as Ray's Food Place and six stores operating under other banners, will implement an on-line price verification system between its stores...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- A two-month test of a new computer at Hannaford Bros.' main headquarters here has spurred the retailer to order 1,200 units for a chainwide rollout. The machine, which is a personal computer...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Worries about credit-card fraud and misuse have prompted Martin's Super Markets here to change the way credit and debit transactions take place at the point of sale. Cashiers will now swipe...