Industry Updates: Retail and Foodservice Technology – December 2014

Foodservice:

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar is enabling its social media users the ability to send each other beers, cocktails and food items as gifts via gift card options.

Boston Pizza has selected the Paytronix Rewards platform to run its new Boston Pizza MyBP Program.

Hooters of America has selected Forum Analytics to develop a customized real estate planning and market-optimization solution.

Drug Store/HBC:

The Vitamin Shoppe signed a multiple year renewal agreement with Revionics to use its price optimization technology.

Discount:

Cost Plus World Market signed a renewal agreement with the GT Nexus platform that provides real-time visibility into global inventory movement and performance information.

Discount Tire selected OneView Commerce to improve its “customer for life” brand experience across its national store base.

Target Corp.’s new live in-store navigation features include interactive maps and enhanced shopping lists and search capabilities.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. signed a renewal agreement to use wireless I.D. Systems Inc. VeriWise trailer tracking and management services for its distribution fleet.

Supermarket & Convenience:

K-V-A-T Food Stores Inc. completed a pilot test of the Fujistsu U-Scan Genesis II self-checkout solution.

Apparel & Department:

Macy’s launched a new iOS app that incorporates image recognition and visual search software.

Gap Inc. has made enhancements to its entire customer shopping experiences, including shopping online, in stores or on their mobile device.