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Food Lion to Initially Limit Self-Scanners to 14 Bloom Stores in D.C. Area 

SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion here plans to initially offer self-scanner devices to shoppers of 14 Bloom stores it is opening in the Washington market, which encompasses northern Virginia and parts of Maryland and West Virginia, according to Karen Peterson, Food Lion's special projects manager, corporate communications. Food Lion is in the process of converting 40 Food Lion stores to Bloom outlets in the Washington market; so far 27 have been converted. ...

RedPrairie Acquires StorePerform Technologies 

MILWAUKEE - RedPrairie here and StorePerform Technologies, Denver, announced yesterday that they have signed a definitive agreement, whereby RedPrairie will acquire StorePerform and make it part of RedPrairie's Retail Productivity Solutions division (formerly BlueCube Software). ...

Kroger to Implement Training System for Stores Nationwide 

CINCINNATI - Kroger here has signed a long-term agreement with Paris-based Thomson's Technicolor Network Services business to develop and implement an interactive distance-learning solution for Kroger stores and subsidiaries nationwide, Thomson announced yesterday. ...

Mollie Stone's to Implement Revionics Price Optimization Software 

MILL VALLEY, Calif. - Mollie Stone's Markets here, an upscale food retailer with eight locations in the San Francisco area, has chosen to implement the Revionics Price Optimization software service, Revionics, Sacramento, Calif., announced this week. Revionics provides price optimization software for retailers and distributors as a weekly subscription model over the Internet....

Ball's Selects System for Price and Promotion Optimization 

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Ball's Food Stores here has selected the KSS PriceStrat solution for retail price modeling and optimization, Florham Park, N.J.-based KSS announced today. Ball's, operator of 30 Hen House and Ball's Price Chopper grocery stores, will use KSS PriceStrat to optimize regular and promotional pricing. ...

DemandTec Acquires TradePoint Solutions 

SAN CARLOS, Calif. - DemandTec here, a supplier of price and promotion optimization software, today announced the acquisition of TradePoint Solutions, Pleasanton, Calif., a provider of online deal management software. "We are pleased that these two market leaders are joining forces," said Frank Calfas, president of marketing operations, Safeway, in a statement....

CASPIAN Praises Schumer Comments on Swipeless Cards  

NASHUA, N.H. - Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, a privacy advocacy group here yesterday praised Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, for comments he made Sunday regarding RFID-based "no-swipe" credit cards. ...

Pay By Touch Acquires S&H Solutions and Its Greenpoint Program  

SAN FRANCISCO - Pay By Touch here, known for its biometric payment systems but also venturing into loyalty systems, yesterday announced that it has acquired S&H Solutions, Delray Beach, Fla., and its parent company S&H greenpoints. ...

Whole Foods Market Cited for Advancing Green Power Market 

Whole Foods Market here was among several companies given a Green Power Leadership Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Center for Resource Solutions for their commitment to advancing the development of the nation's green power market. ...

North State Grocery Implements Price Optimization System  

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