DENVER -- King Soopers here has begun a debit card program that enables university students to use their magnetic-stripe school identification cards for payment.The retailer is now targeting students at the University...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Dierbergs Markets here is testing a personal computer-based front-end system this month, a move that follows recent upgrades for in-store processors, direct-store-delivery and corporate mainframe...
SAN ANTONIO -- Grocery Supply Co. here plans to streamline warehouse operations with a computerized system that will more efficiently locate pallets and open slots.The wholesaler is developing and will introduce later...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Retailers and wholesalers are braving the heat here this week to learn how to prevent a number of energy-related issues from boiling over.Supermarket engineering and technical executives are ready...
NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club here has become the first major warehouse club to accept a credit card whose fee structure is based on sales.Warehouse clubs, which specialize in offering low-priced, large...
Retailers and wholesalers are staking out more profitable ground on store shelves by tapping into the emerging science of cluster-based and store-specific computerized planogramming.By using data such as point-of-sale...
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Bashas' Markets here intends to streamline communications chainwide with last week's launch of a satellite-based network.The retailer initially will transmit store point-of-sale and electronic funds...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Fleming Cos. here, the nation's largest wholesaler, is giving suppliers until Sept. 30 to begin transmitting key information by electronic data interchange or face the prospect of heavy fines.The...
COMPTON, Calif. -- Ralphs Grocery Co. here is moving toward a chainwide rollout of electronic article surveillance and plans to install 100 more stores with the security system in the next two months.The EAS rollout...
Like some early explorers, retailers are beginning to test the uncharted waters of interactive kiosk shopping.In a bid to offer a wider range of customer services and products, from advanced frequent shopper and...