SN Technology Archives
Tesco Selects Workforce Management System
LONDON — Tesco here will implement the Workforce Management system from RedPrairie, Waukesha, Wis., in order to align customer traffic with employee scheduling....
Giant-Carlisle Renews Price Optimization Agreement
CARLISLE, Pa. — Giant Food Stores here, a division of Ahold USA, has renewed its contract for Everyday Price Management, Promotion Planning & Optimization and Deal Management software services from DemandTec, San Carlos, Calif....
Giant-Carlisle Selects Systems to Manage Fuel Pricing
CARLISLE, Pa. — Giant Food Stores, a subsidiary of Ahold USA, has selected the PriceNet, PriceNet Mobile and Visualizer solutions from KSS, Florham Park, N.J., to manage fuel pricing for 61 fuel locations across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. ...
Filling the Breach
On March 17 of this year, Hannaford Bros., Scarborough, Maine, stunned the food retailing industry when it announced that a data breach at the checkout...
NGA to Distribute Digital TV Info
ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Grocers Association here said it would partner with the Federal Communications Commission to help distribute the FCC’s Outreach Toolkit containing information about the upcoming switch from analog to digital TV broadcasting....
CPG Firms Still Doing Minimum for RFID Mandates: Report
CHICAGO — CPG companies required to participate in mandated RFID programs like that of Wal-Mart Stores are still making minimum investments to satisfy their business partners, according to a new report from Diamond Management & Technology Consultants here....
Weis Markets Joins EPA’s GreenChill Partnership
SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets here, which operates 157 stores under the Weis, Mr. Z’s and King’s banners, has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, the EPA said yesterday. ...
CPG Firms Still Doing Minimum for RFID Mandates: Report
CHICAGO — CPG companies required to participate in mandated RFID programs like that of Wal-Mart Stores are still making minimum investments to satisfy their business partners, according to a new report from Diamond Management & Technology Consultants here. ...
Olympic Highlights to Air in PRN Checkout Lanes
SAN FRANCISCO — Thomson’s Premier Retail Networks (PRN) here has been selected as the exclusive provider of NBC’s Olympics highlights to retail shoppers during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games....
Kroger Offers CPG Coupons via Cell Phones in Southeast
CINCINNATI — Kroger here is partnering with Cellfire, San Jose, Calif., a mobile coupon service, and several CPG firms to make grocery coupons available via consumers’ mobile phones. ...
United Supermarkets Selects Fuel Management Service
LUBBOCK, Texas — United Supermarkets has chosen FuelQuest’s Fuel Management Services to streamline and manage its bulk fuel processes for its retail fuel sites, FuelQuest, Houston, announced yesterday. ...
C&S to Subscribe to Vendor Deal Management Service
KEENE, N.H. — C&S Wholesale Grocers here entered into an agreement to subscribe to DemandTec’s Deal Management software service in order to help automate its vendor deal management process, DemandTec, San Carlos, Calif., announced yesterday....
Shoppers Can Play Game While in Line at PRN Stores
SAN FRANCISCO — Premier Retail Networks (PRN) here and GSN (Game Show Network) yesterday announced a programming deal to present content on PRN’s Checkout TV network to shoppers in supermarkets nationwide. ...
Wal-Mart Selects Business Intelligence Technology
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores has selected Oracle’s Business Intelligence Suite, Enterprise Edition Plus, to provide data intelligence and analysis for its operations, Oracle announced yesterday. ...
Quarter of Mobile Phone Users Respond to Offer: Survey
NEW YORK — About one-quarter (24%) of those surveyed in a study of mobile marketing said they have responded to a mobile offer, according to the Direct Marketing Association here, which conducted the survey. ...
