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Quiz: Do You Need To Automate?

ASM systems can keep your security systems up to date, probe your network for weaknesses. Setting them up is hard, though, because some of the pieces to standardize ASM are

Restoration Project

Restoration Hardware’s supply-chain and technology infrastructure is a real fixer-upper opportunity. “The problem with these guys is that they don’t know how to make money,” says Russell Hoss, an analyst

RFID: Hit or Myth?

Procter & Gamble markets some of the biggest brands in store aisles across the country, from Crest toothpaste to Pantene shampoo to Charmin toilet paper. To date, the company hasn’t

The 100-Million-Mile Network

Eighteen days after landing on Mars, the robotic explorer named Spirit squawked in distress and went silent for nearly 24 hours. Listening anxiously for any sign of life were navigators

The Layton Companies: Paper Chaste

While building a multimillion-dollar structure, the imprecise choreography between a general contractor, a dozen or so subcontractors and hundreds to thousands of laborers is anything but graceful. When things go

A&P:The Not-So-Great Renewal

Four years ago, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., once the largest supermarket chain in the U.S., was about where Albertson’s is today. A&P—as the company is commonly known—isn’t as

Wal-Mart Stores: The ‘Neighborhood’ Bully

Wal-Mart’s new Neighborhood Market stores are designed to go toe-to-toe and tomato-to-tomato against the more traditional grocery stores that populate U.S. cities. By all appearances they have the same products

Base Case: Albertson’s

Headquarters: 250 Parkcenter Blvd., P.O. Box 20, Boise, ID 83726 Phone: (208) 395-6200 Business: The nation’s second-largest grocery and drugstore operator, with about 2,300 stores in 31 states. Stores operate

Gotcha! The Problems With Self-Service Checkout Systems

Self-checkout terminals are increasingly employed by retailers—particularly grocers. But many consumers remain unconvinced about the convenience of checking themselves out. How well an organization fields the technology can make the

Roadblock: Internal Resistance

The Obstacle Albertson’s chief executive officer Larry Johnston recognizes that he can’t win the battle against Wal-Mart unless he can rally his frontline troops to the cause. Not long after

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