SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Big Y here earlier this month became the first U.S. retailer to launch a chainwide electronic coupon program that provides discounts on selected items automatically at the POS without scanning a...
BRUSSELS A long-awaited pilot to test proposed standards for price synchronization will kick off on Jan. 15, 2007, under the auspices of the Global Data Synchronization Network, a division of GS1 here. A number of...
Despite the controversy and scandal sometimes associated with trade promotions in recent years, CPG manufacturers and retailers are showing no sign of losing interest in this marketing strategy. On the contrary, over...
Retailers and manufacturers have traditionally marketed to shoppers through a combination of weekly circulars, in-store displays, coupons distributed through freestanding inserts, and perhaps TV and radio ads.But...
PAW PAW, Mich. - Paw Paw Shopping Center, a one-store independent here, has begun enrolling shoppers in a program that allows them to scan coupons at home and redeem them electronically in the store.The program, from...
MODESTO, Calif. - While many retailers are turning to sophisticated technology to monitor and control energy usage in stores, some are also trying to instill a culture of energy saving among employees.Ray Agah...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine - In what may be a first for the retail industry, Hannaford Bros. here has installed a time-and-attendance application on Internet Protocol telephones in a store in Westbrook, Maine, replacing...
LAKELAND, Fla. - Publix Super Markets is concluding a test of a shopping cart designed to carry and entertain young children during the shopping trip.Called the TV Kart, the entire shopping cart is in the shape of a...
PHOENIX - More than 500 attendees, including 125 representatives from retailers, packed the Food Marketing Institute's 27th annual Energy & Technical Services Conference, held Sept. 10-13 here at the Wigwam Golf...