Dan Berthiaume

IBM and Retalix, which provides retail and distribution systems, are partnering to offer combined solutions to convenience and petroleum retailers. The two companies announced the agreement May 5 at the NACStech convenience industry conference in Dallas. “Retalix has complementary set of tools and software that works well with IBM hardware, services and capabilities,” said Juhi […]

To ease the processing of large and bulky items via self-checkout, Fujitsu Transaction Solutions is combining Metrologic VoyagerBT Bluetooth-enabled handheld scanning technology with its U-Scan Genesis line of self-checkout devices. Fujitsu announced the integration May 2 at the FMI Show with Marketechnics in Las Vegas. “Items that are too heavy or large for the customer […]

Information access software provider Endeca Technologies and Allurent, which sells e-commerce technology, are partnering on an integrated e-commerce solution. The companies May 6 announced a reseller deal whereby Endeca will market and sell the Allurent Rich Interface module. “Online, you have the customers [as offline] but with a couple of different rules,” said Matt Eichner, […]

Coremetrics is releasing Spring 2008, a technology suite designed to allow online businesses to optimize their digital marketing initiatives. Announced May 5, the solution includes the Coremetrics Explore data analysis tool and Enterprise Dashboard user interface and KPI (key performance indicator) tracker, as well as enhancements to the existing Intelligent Offer, Search and Connect tools. […]

IBM is launching AnyPlace Checkout, a self-checkout solution that retailers can place almost anywhere in a store. “Our consumer service technology strategy is focused on three words: attract, interact and transact,” said Juhi Jotwani, director of marketing strategy for retail store solutions for IBM. “The goal is to help retailers attract the right customer, have […]

When I was first introduced to the world of retail IT and business process as an editor with another publication in 1998, I was shocked to discover that retailers and their suppliers had historically shared little to no supply chain information. For example, I had always assumed-naively, as it turned out-that when a retailer was […]

i2 Technologies is releasing its Sales and Operations Management, a solution designed to allow retailers and manufacturers to bring together financial planning and analysis with supply chain operations. i2 announced the release of the solution April 28. “Sales and Operations Management sits on top of supply chain and ERP [enterprise resource planning] systems, and allows […]

iTradeNetwork, which makes software-as-a-service technology for the food industry, has merged with Instill, which provides spend intelligence solutions for food service companies. Under terms of the agreement, which was announced April 21, Instill will operate as a separate division of iTradeNetwork. Rob Bonavito, founder and CEO of iTradeNetwork, said the two companies complement each other […]

Freewebs, which provides hosted platforms and tools for building Web sites, is releasing Web Stores, a tool for small retailers wishing to build e-commerce sites. The company announced Web Stores April 30. “Web Stores allows the retailer in a matter of minutes or seconds to post products and items onto their own Web store and […]

Cast Iron System, a software-as-a-service integration specialist, is partnering with SPS Commerce to enable suppliers to connect back-end systems with SPS’ hosted services. The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS, launched April 29, features preconfigured connectivity from the SPSCommerce.net EDI service to all major ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems. “We manage EDI [electronic data interchange] […]