Smart carts guide shoppers at Chicago convention
Touch screen supermarket carts in Chicago at the Food Marketing Institute convention help locate items, let shoppers order deli meat, and track purchases. They do not display nutrition facts, aiming to speed and simplify shopping. IBM executives back the time and money savings as the system aims to ease buying.
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Libby Quaid
Associated Press
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Chicago
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Food Marketing Institute
IBM Corp. Execu
Shopping helpers roll out in stores this summer
IBM and Springboard test two smart cart systems, the Shop buddy and Concierge. Consumers log in with a card or key, get aisle maps, GPS-like tracking, on sale alerts, and a running total. Pricing for the Buddy and Concierge ranges from 160000 per store to 500 per unit.
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Ken Lawler
IBM
Massachusetts
Concierge
Springboard Retail Networks Inc
Springboard
Michael Alexander
Lawler
Michael Sansolo
FMI
FMI Research
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Sansolo
Alexander
Martha Stewart to debut new talk show in September
AP report notes Martha Stewart, under house arrest with an electronic monitor, will headline a syndicated daytime program modeled after Oprah. The show, expected to debut September 12, aims to blend cooking and home crafts with live audience elements and celebrity guests.
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David Bruder
New York
Martha Stewart
Stewart
Manhattan
Time Magazine
Martha
Oprah
Rob Dauber
Dauber
Central Park
Robin Williams
Martha's
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