Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

MCLEAN, Va.,-MicroStrategy, a provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Catalina Marketing Corporation is teaming with MicroStrategy and IBM Corporation to deliver advanced, interactive retail business intelligence.

NEW YORK - Unicru Inc. has announced that the Kroger Co. has selected its hiring management system as a key element in its corporate strategy to optimize workforce selection and performance.

COLTON, Calif. - Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said its sales increased 2.9 percent to $662.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2003 ended Dec. 29, 2002. Like store sales increased 2.3 percent.

DALLAS - 7-Eleven Inc. and Alliance Data Systems Corp., a provider of transaction, marketing and credit services, will team to offer consumers greater convenience and new benefits by introducing two stored-value programs.

TROY, Mich. - Kmart Corporation on Monday unveiled Urban Direct, a new entertainment and lifestyle newspaper supplement considered a key element of Kmart's multicultural marketing strategy.

Corporate performance management was hailed as one of the century's top business tools. But only 10 percent of corporations have implemented it.

NEW YORK - One in four teens now considers vegetarianism "cool," according to a new study from market researchers at Teenage Research Unlimited. To try and counter the trend, beef marketers are gearing up for promotions to renew beef's image with teens, reports Time magazine.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. on Wednesday reported a higher fiscal second-quarter profit as a focus on marketing and a push to trim costs offset increased competition.