Despite the exceptional success it has enjoyed with loyalty cards in its home market in the U.K., Tesco will continue to steer clear of them at the 106 small-format Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores it has...
In the grocery industry today, cell phones as a tool of commerce are largely used to show promotional text messages and coupons. But their potential goes well beyond that. In other retail sectors with higher-ticket...
Like many food retailers, Fresh Encounter, Findlay, Ohio, tries to help shoppers resolve their daily dilemma: What to have for dinner? But this wholesaler-supported chain of 32 stores has come up with an unorthodox...
It has long been noted that adversity can encourage creativity. The food retailers profiled in the following pages are examples of companies that, in the midst of the nation's economic turmoil, are pursuing innovative...
The standards group for bar codes in the United States warned that misinformation about bar codes that could confuse shoppers and harm retailers was being propagated nationwide via a fast-spreading viral email. The...
Addressing a key retailer concern, a payment card industry group has launched a program designed to bring greater consistency to the auditing process retailers must undergo to prove that they are adhering to a credit...
With the entire country as its laboratory, Wal-Mart Stores has been conducting step-by-step experiments to create the ultimate green store. The world's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Ark., began its foray...
Among the attendees at the grand opening of Wal-Mart's high-efficiency Las Vegas supercenter in March were representatives of a new organization, the Retailer Energy Alliance. The REA was formed in February by the U.S...
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, meant to help protect consumers' credit and debit card information at retail, has a few flaws of its own, some observers said. Dave Hogan, chief information officer...
Cub Foods' new store in St. Paul, Minn., which opened on Oct. 31, has applied to become the nation's second supermarket to receive Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification in the new...