News tagged with grocery chain

Apple corporate reputation shines: Harris Poll

Apple dethroned Google as the company with the most respected image in the eyes of consumers, according to Harris Interactive study results.

Technology / Business

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Economist studies how higher gas price affect consumer behavior

A dollar is a dollar is a dollar, so goes the economic theory of fungibility. But do people really act that way? In a new working paper, Brown University economist Justine Hastings and Jesse Shapiro of Chicago Booth School ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cultivating supply chain experts

When a supply chain is firing on all cylinders -- moving products, information and money on schedule -- it goes largely unnoticed, at least to the average consumer. You expect to find the supplies you need ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Will a carrot or a stick prompt purchase of more carrots?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Would a so-called Twinkie tax help curb obesity rates? Should shoppers who buy healthy goods earn rebates? A new study will seek to unravel the likely implications of legislative attempts to promote healthy ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Asking a machine to spot threats human eyes miss

The surveillance cameras at Big Y, a Massachusetts grocery chain, are not just passively recording customers and staff. They're studying checkout lines for signs of "sweethearting."

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 10, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1