Independents / Regional Grocers

BENTONVILLE, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores here plans to use a data accuracy scorecard to monitor the accuracy of the product data provided by its suppliers, according to a letter sent to suppliers last month that is posted at www.1sync.org/walmart.html, part of the website of Wal-Mart's data pool, 1SYNC. The letter also advised suppliers that are not synchronizing data with Wal-Mart through the Global Data

byMichael Garry