Attendees to the Food Marketing Institute’s Marketechnics Conference were treated to a good working meeting in San Francisco this week. Is there a trend in the retail technology business toward developing solutions that help companies drive top-line growth? If not, should there be? Is it more appropriate for retailers to invest in these types of solutions rather than RFID?
The National Grocers Association held their annual convention and trade show in Las Vegas this week, attracting nearly 20% more attendees this year than last. At the opening session of the convention earlier this week, the organization announced a new strategic plan to guide the group and its members over the next several years. Will the new strategic plan help N.G.A. and its members face the increasing levels of competition from within and outside the traditional grocery industry?
The METRO Group, the world’s fifth-largest retailer, recreated the technologies deployed and even a bit of the look of its Future Store located in Rheinberg, Germany on the show floor at the National Retail Federation Convention now underway in New York. The exhibit, which stretched out over 13,000 square feet, consisted of four interactive information areas and “Future Lab”, METRO’s vision of the shopping experience 30 years from now. Is Future Store the right vision of what retailing will look like in a decade? Will the RFID actions METRO is taking force Wal-Mart and others to be more aggressive with their implementation plans?
C&S has begun serving Fleming customers in California and Hawaii, some 450 Foodland, IGA, Food 4 Less and other bannered supermarkets and superettes. If it follows the same business model that has made it successful to date, C&S will now have to gain the business of larger chains like Raley’s, Scolari’s and Stater Bros. Will the C&S model work on the West Coast as well as it has in the East?
At the core of many retail enterprises, companies like Wal-Mart and SUPERVALU are using data warehousing to better serve their customers and improve the flow of mission-critical information both within and outside of their organizations. Will a data warehouse become a required tool of doing business for retailers in the future?
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