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  • Consumers to Spend $525 Billion at Kiosks in '07: Study

    FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Consumers are on pace to spend over $525 billion at self-checkout lanes, ticketing kiosks, and other self-service machines in 2007, an increase from $438 billion in 2006, according to a new research study conducted by retail technology consulting firm IHL Consulting Group.
  • Retailers Misperceive Extent of Their Own Shrink: Study

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Most major retailers perceive wrongly that shrink is a bigger problem for their competitors than for their own organizations, according to a new research report by shrink prevention research firm Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC).
  • Consumers to Spend $525 Billion at Kiosks in '07: Study

    FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Consumers are on pace to spend over $525 billion at self-checkout lanes, ticketing kiosks, and other self-service machines in 2007, an increase from $438 billion in 2006, according to a new research study conducted by retail technology consulting firm IHL Consulting Group.
  • Taxes, Economy, Energy/Fuel Costs Worry Small Retailers Most: Study

    NORTHFIELD, Ill. -- Small retailers said they are most concerned about taxes, the general state of the economy, and energy/fuel costs, according to the latest Small Business Research Board (SBRB) study co-sponsored by Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based business consultancy International Profit Associates (IPA) and released Friday.
  • Nielsen Teams with Cognos to Enhance Information Delivery

    NEW YORK -The Nielsen Co. last Friday said it formed a strategic agreement with Cognos, a provider of business intelligence and performance-management solutions, to enhance the delivery of integrated information services for its clients.
  • Hartman Group Offers 'Six Tough Tips' for Retailers

    BELLEVUE, Wash. -- As competition continues to hammer food retailers, and consumer shopping habits change, the Hartman Group here is offering retailers "six tough tips" in its latest HartBeat report.
  • Former Giant Eagle Exec Joins the USO

    ARLINGTON, Va. -- Jack Flanagan, once the e.v.p. of retail operations at Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle, has become the s.v.p. for operations for the United Service Organizations (USO), in which role he will develop and direct all USO operation functions for the active-duty military worldwide, as well as create and implement new and existing programs and services for the USO.
  • UNFI Appoints Ex-Whole Foods Prez to Board

    DAYVILLE, Conn. -- United Natural Foods, Inc here has appointed health food industry veteran Peter Roy to the company's board of directors. Roy, who joins the board as an independent director, has spent over 30 years in the natural products and healthy lifestyle industries.
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