Industry News - October 10th, 2008
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RETAIL AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS |
Brookshire Grocery Company Adds SAP Business Suite
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Brookshire Grocery Company, a supermarket chain with 156 stores located
in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, selects the SAP Business
Suite family of business applications to unify its disparate software
systems, consolidate data management, help enable better reporting and
allow its employees to contribute to value-added activities.
"SAP has provided us with the necessary tools and functionality to meet
our current business needs and yet at the same time provide the
flexibility for growth," says John D'Anna, vice president, information
technology planning and strategy, Brookshire Grocery Company. "Our
staff can now access real-time, up-to-date data for helping them make
better decisions. The SAP for Retail solutions deliver significant
business value by facilitating better definition of assortments, vendor
selection, buying decision and store distribution. The solution
portfolio is also helping Brookshire transition from a traditional,
buyer-focused process to a management model that is focused on the
individual customers at our particular stores."
The SAP for Retail solution portfolio helps food retailers of all sizes
manage a wide range of grocery-related business processes. The
solutions help optimize product assortment and fast checkout for
customers. Food retailers also gain real-time visibility across the
entire enterprise.
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HP Unveils POS Verification Program |
HP announces its 'Point-of-Sale (POS) Solution Ready Program,' which
helps retailers purchase point-of-sale solutions that have been
previously tested by HP. The program gives certified independent
software vendors (ISVs) direct access to HP's ISV Partner Program
Portal and other resources, including access to technical, marketing
and sales. The programs also helps ensure smooth integration and
support to small and medium-size businesses.
Through this program, retailers can optimize their software
applications on HP POS systems using a verification process that allows
software to operate on all HP POS systems and peripherals.
Verified software providers are listed on the ISV Partner Program
Portal at www.hp.com/go/pos and marked with HP's Point-of-Sale Solution
Ready insignia, which allows retailers to identify solutions that have
been vendor-tested for compatibility and smooth integration.
HP's ISV Partner Program Portal additionally offers these software partners the following benefits:
- Partners receive negotiated partner rates on third-party services and
support such as technical support to help retailers integrate new POS
solutions into existing technology platforms.
- ISVs receive a 50 percent discount on HP hardware for technical testing, demonstration and customer presentations.
- Through the program network, ISVs can work with local HP and channel
sales agents to offer a holistic POS solution, including hardware,
software and services.
- Program partners are provided with early access to new solutions and innovations for retail
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Oracle Acquires Advanced Visual Technology |
Oracle announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire
Advanced Visual Technology (AVT), a provider of 3D visual macro space
planning software for retailers.
AVT helps enable retailers to collaborate with their stores and
supplier partners to design and plan retail floor space in real-time
with a current photo-realistic view of each store. AVT products
combined with Oracle Retail's comprehensive application suite is
expected to increase the profitability of a store's selling space
through enhanced space allocation and performance monitoring across
categories, aisles, departments and the entire store. AVT employees and
management are expected to join the Oracle Retail Global Business Unit.
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2008. Until
the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Sheetz Rolls Out RedPrairie Site Operations in 350 stores |
Petco uses the Ask & Answer tool from Bazaarvoice to deliver
customer engagement and drive better sales results. Petco teamed up
with Bazaarvoice to develop and promote The Answer Den, a customized
functionality that leverages Bazaarvoice Ask & Answer hosted
technology to enable customers to ask and answer questions about
thousands of Petco products. By combining The Answer Den with its
Bazaarvoice Ratings & Reviews implementation, Petco provides its
customers with valuable new user-generated content that drives sales
both online and in its nearly 950 stores nationwide.
Petco customers who consulted The Answer Den purchased products 72
percent more often than site visitors who did not visit The Answer Den.
Answer Den users generated 90 percent more page views per session,
nearly 40 percent more items per order and a 10 percent higher average
order value.
"Petco customers are a very engaged and loyal group - and they love to
share their opinions on which products are best for their beloved
pets," says John Lazarchic, vice president of e-commerce at Petco. "The
Answer Den allows the Petco community to come together to ask and
answer questions about products, talk about pet care topics and share
advice to help other pet parents. By providing a way for Petco
customers to make better, more informed purchase decisions, The Answer
Den has contributed to a dramatic boost in orders and sales across our
site."
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NCR Unveils New POS Workstation
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NCR launches its latest point-of-sale (POS) workstation, the NCR
RealPOS 70XRT. Featuring Intel technology, this POS workstation is
designed to deliver technology, innovative design, serviceability and
manageability.
The NCR RealPOS 70XRT helps improve customer interactions with advanced
platform technologies that enable retailers to personalize the POS
experience for consumers. High-resolution interactive touch
capabilities and a flexible consumer-facing display system provide a
variety of options for order verification, promotions and loyalty
programs.
The NCR RealPOS 70XRT is designed to help improve associate
productivity with user-friendly interaction. With its intuitive touch
screen interface and multimedia capabilities, the NCR RealPOS 70XRT can
run the latest POS, back-office and training software applications.
Combining Intel's low-power processor and chipset architecture with its
power supply, the NCR RealPOS 70XRT can reduce energy consumption by up
to 50 percent over previous generation POS terminals.
The NCR RealPOS 70XRT is built with 'EZ-Glide' blade system that allows
for tool-free access to internal components. Multi-tiered Systems
Manageability offers three levels of systems management including a
local LED Dashboard, 'out-of-band' remote management via Intel Active
Management Technology 4.0, and remote information technology management
software through the NCR Retail Systems Manager.
Datalogic Scanning Introduces Gryphon 2D Handheld Imagers
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Datalogic Scanning announces the availability of Gryphon D432/D412 Plus
general purpose 2D imagers. The new Gryphon 2D Plus imager is targeted
for use in a wide range of AIDC (Automatic Identification and Data
Collection) applications.
Features of the Gryphon D432/D412 Plus imager include:
- Capture of bar codes in postal, airline, and railway conveyor applications
- Age-verification for controlled substances at the point-of-sale by
reading PDF417 codes on driver licenses and helping to increase
check-out speed
- Datalogic Scanning's patented 'Green Spot' on the code provides feedback in noisy environments
- A wider VGA sensor and new camera allows signature, image, and document capture capabilities
-Intuitive 'five dot' laser aiming system captures both bar codes and images
- A 400 Mhz processor and 'Global Shutter' sensor
- In retail operations, along with Datalogic's Magellan bi-optic
scanners, the Gryphon 2D Plus imager offers image capture capabilities
while providing speed and accuracy when scanning bulky or heavy items
- Datalogic's Aladdin Software Configuration helps simplify installation and maintenance
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