LAS VEGAS — Independent retailers need to use Facebook, Twitter and other social networks to reach their customers and interact with them, a panel of retailers told the annual convention of the National Grocers Association here last week....More
LAS VEGAS — Independent retailers have more opportunities in digital marketing as the technologies become more affordable and the payoffs become clearer, according to Robert Hemphill, president, Webstop.com....More
ORLANDO, Fla. — FMI is retooling its message with a new logo and soon-to-be relaunched website, said Leslie Sarasin, president and chief executive officer, during remarks at the association’s Midwinter Executive Conference here....More
Strategies that shift labor from store associates to shoppers have elicited mixed reviews from retailers and the consumers they’re designed to empower....More
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here will use a food-safety measurement and check-list management system called PAR EverServ SureCheck, from ParTech, New Hartford, N.Y....More
BURBANK, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, El Segundo, Calif., is testing a “Scan As You Shop” handheld device at a store here that allows shoppers to scan products during their shopping trip and keep track of what they are spending....More
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has launched a new careers website with tools aimed at assisting job seekers interested in opportunities at its market locations, manufacturing and distribution centers, and home office....More
