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Technology Tech Toolbox PG takes a look at the latest solutions. Revionics Launches Collaborative Deal Portal Revionics, Inc., a Roseville, Calif.-based provider of retail lifecycle price optimization, inventory replenishment and consumer demand management software, last month launched a new collaborative portal for retailers and their trading partners. Called Collaborate, the Web-based portal features a centralized repository for item, deal and related supplier data with online negotiation tools. As a Software-as-a-Service offering, the module easily integratges with a retailer’s existing systems or as an extension of Revionics’ solutions, including its Promotion Planning and Replenishment modules. “Our community of over 100 retail customers asked us to provide a solution that offers an automated approach to administration-intensive tasks,” says Revionics president and CEO Todd P. Michaud. “Retailers of all sizes see the value in automating administrative tasks on one hand, but [also] see the strategic value in improving forecast visibility to their supplier community.” Collaborate was developed to automate manual administrative trading partner activities, from deal collection to promotion reporting and reconciliation, as well as to enable cross-functional visibility to vendor offers, status of vendor funds, and the retail item demand forecast. Additional features of the Collaborate module include: • Cooperative Online Deal Management: Retailers can share forecasts, actual results and performance reports to help the supplier offer more informed deals. Deals are entered, negotiated, tracked and stored in one central repository www.progressivegrocer.com • Reporting and Deal Reconciliation: Pertinent reports can be shared with retailers’ supply communities, including store-level forecasting, sales performance, and promotional plans and calendars • One Platform With Revionics Replenishment and Lifecycle Pricing: Retailers leveraging Revionics solutions, such as store-level replenishment automation, inventory optimization, and promotion-planning solutions can use these together to provide their suppliers closedloop communication about item-, store- and enterprise-level performance For more information, call (916) 677-5433 or visit www.revionics.com. Pan-Oston Debuts Low-cost, Low-risk Self-checkout capability, compatibility with 99 percent of POS systems, Microsoft.NET or Linux software options, a bill acceptor/dispenser, a coin acceptor/dispenser, scanner scale, monitor, printer, and Pan-Oston’s Delayed Mediation Technology and Advanced Redundancy Technology. For more information, call (270) 783-3932 or visit www.panoston.com. Stop & Shop Exec to Speak at Coupon Conference Pan-Oston’s Utopia EZ — the company’s newest addition to its line of self-checkout systems — was designed to be an affordable and versatile self-checkout solution with several green features as well. “The Utopia EZ lane really lowers the cost of entry for independent grocers, and with the 12-month break/fix warranty eliminates any risk,” says Jim Vance, president of Bowling Green, Ky.-based Pan-Oston. “Retailers who install an EZ lane make a positive environmental impact and have the opportunity to reduce costs and increase profits.” The EZ lane includes all the features of traditional Utopia units, including plug-and-go A H E A D O F W H AT ’ S N E X T Steven Vowles, SVP of the Quincy, Mass.based Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., will speak at the Industry Coupon Conference about targeted digital coupon offers on personal scanners. The annual conference, set for April 27 through April 29 at the Venetian & Palazzo in Las Vegas, is hosted by the Association of Coupon Professionals (ACP). In addition to Vowles, event speakers will include Adam Schwartz, president of Couponsurfer.com, who will share consumer insight from the 1.6 million registered users of the coupon aggregation Web site; Tom Murray,VP and GM of free-standing inserts at Valassis, who will present consumer insight and trends on FSIs; and Laird Garner of Digital Incentives Journal International, who will discuss how mobile Internet and digital coupons and incentives will affect the industry. For more information, call (610) 789-1478 or visit www.couponpros.org. ■ Progressive Grocer • April 2010 • 101 http://www.Microsoft.NET http://www.panoston.com http://www.revionics.com http://www.Couponsurfer.com http://www.Couponsurfer.com http://www.couponpros.org http://www.progressivegrocer.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Progressive Grocer - April 2010

Progressive Grocer - April 2010
Table of Contents
Nielsen’s Shelf Stoppers/Spotlight: Baby Needs/Baby Powder
The Lempert Report: Ways to Improve the Nutrition Facts Panel
Best Practices: The Employee Satisfaction, Productivity and Profit Connection
State of the Industry Report: Looking Up, Cautiously
Store of the Month: Standing Ovation
GMA President’s Note: Tackling Obesity: A New Blueprint for Success
Natural Meat: Where Was the Beef?
Produce: Swinging Springtime Sales
Beverage Alcohol: The Case for Beer
Breakfast Foods: The Start of Something Big
Dairy: Probiotics in Dairy and Frozen: A Healthy Pursuit
Baby Care: The Dry Season
Pet Care and Supplies: Where the Margin Is
Case Study: King of the Jungle
Tech Toolbox: A Look at the Latest Solutions
Foodservice: No Strain, No Pain
Sustainability: Green Energy is Blooming
What’s Next: Editors’ Picks for Innovative Products

Progressive Grocer - April 2010