"Tesco Ireland, while the Northern Ireland stores became part of the Tesco core business in the United Kingdom. Stewarts Supermarket Limited Stewarts Supermarket Limited (traded as Stewarts and Crazy Prices) was a supermarket chain in Northern Ireland. The chain was purchased by Tesco in March 1997. The company slogans were 'No one delivers value like Stewarts' and 'No one delivers freshness like Stewarts'. A television advertising campaign in the end of the 1980s included a cover version of the song Locomotion, with these slogans replacing 'Come on baby, do the Locomotion'. (The song was then popular because of Kylie Minogue's"
"The Work Foundation, in 2007 praised Tesco for leading the debate on corporate responsibility. However ""Intelligent Giving"" has criticized the company for directing all ""staff giving"" support to the company's Charity of the Year. In 1992, Tesco started a ""computers for schools scheme"", offering computers in return for vouchers given to Tesco customers and donated by them to schools and hospitals. Until 2004, £92 million of equipment went to these organizations. The scheme was also implemented in Poland. In 2009, Tesco used the phrase, ""Change for Good"" as advertising, which is trade marked by Unicef for charity usage but not"
"Xemplar to Apple in 1999 for , and the company renamed itself to Apple Xemplar Education. Apple Xemplar was wound up in 2014. Acorn Education and later Xemplar Education were heavily involved in Tesco's ""Computers for Schools"" programme in the UK, providing hardware and software in exchange for vouchers collected from Tesco purchases. The Welsh Office Multimedia/Portables Initiative (WOMPI), launched in 1996, prescribed that Welsh schools choosing the multimedia option received multimedia PCs exclusively supplied by RM. This upset other suppliers and members of the ""National Association of Advisers for Computers in Education"" (NAACE). When BBC2's ""The Money Programme"" screened"
"share in the education markets of the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; the success of the Archimedes in British schools was due partly to its predecessor the BBC Micro and later to the Computers for Schools scheme organised by the Tesco supermarket chain in association with Acorn, and most students and pupils in these countries in the early 1990s were exposed to an Archimedes or A-series computer. The Archimedes range was available in the US and Canada via Olivetti Canada. By the mid to late 1990s the UK educational market began to turn away from the Archimedes. Apple Macintosh"
"Labels for Education Labels for Education is a marketing program begun in 1973 by the Campbell Soup Company in the United States, and later also in Canada. The program allowing schools to earn books, musical instruments, computers, and other school supplies in exchange for labels or Universal Product Codes (UPCs) on associated products. In 2013, five companies participated in the program: Campbell Soup Company, Diamond Foods, Post Foods, Société Bic, and The Dannon Company (the American division of Groupe Danone). In addition, the Glad brand is also a member of this program. The Campbell's Soup Company announced in February 2016"
"Computers For Schools Computers For Schools (CFS) () (OPÉ) is a pan Canadian program, founded in 1993 by both Industry Canada and the TelecomPioneers. The Computers for Schools (CFS) Program is a national, Innovation, Science, Economic Development Canada-led initiative that has offshoots in all provinces and territories. The different organizations operating the program collectand refurbish donated surplus computers from both public and private sector sources, and redistribute them to schools, public libraries, not-for-profit organizations and Aboriginal communities throughout Canada. Since 1993, CFS has donated over 1.5 million refurbished computers nationwide, reducing the overall impact on the environment. In 2015, $2"
"also announced the end of its Labels for Education program in Canada in 2016. Labels for Education Labels for Education is a marketing program begun in 1973 by the Campbell Soup Company in the United States, and later also in Canada. The program allowing schools to earn books, musical instruments, computers, and other school supplies in exchange for labels or Universal Product Codes (UPCs) on associated products. In 2013, five companies participated in the program: Campbell Soup Company, Diamond Foods, Post Foods, Société Bic, and The Dannon Company (the American division of Groupe Danone). In addition, the Glad brand is"
"Sainsbury's Online Sainsbury's Online is an electronic commerce website operated by Sainsbury's, the UK's second largest supermarket chain. It offers a wide range of other products, including electronic goods, books and financial services. Sainsbury's started e-commerce home delivery operations in 1995 when it introduced ‘Wine Direct' for internet wine sales. In 1996, on Monday 30 December it was announced that Sainsbury's has joined forces with Hewlett-Packard for the development of an Internet-based supermarket offering a full range of products. The new supermarket was expected to be launched in March 1997. In 1998 the service was extended back to food with"
"superstore was opened at Bennetts Green, Newcastle in late 1993 with much fanfare. That was followed several weeks later by the opening of a larger superstore at Auburn (Sydney, NSW). Many stores later expanded their computer sections. Strong support was provided to the chain by distributors such as Merisel, Dataflow, Tech Pacific, and Marketing Results. Extra support and funding was supplied by vendors (supplied by these distributors) such as Microsoft, Corel, Symantec and WordPerfect. Staff also received weekly training from companies in order to have better product knowledge than similar larger retailers. Harvey Norman also sold Apple Computer products for"
"million was announced to expand the Computers for Schools program to include non-profit organizations that support low-income Canadians and new Canadians with access to refurbished equipment. The CFS program has workshops throughout Canada, in every province and territory. Computers For Schools Computers For Schools (CFS) () (OPÉ) is a pan Canadian program, founded in 1993 by both Industry Canada and the TelecomPioneers. The Computers for Schools (CFS) Program is a national, Innovation, Science, Economic Development Canada-led initiative that has offshoots in all provinces and territories. The different organizations operating the program collectand refurbish donated surplus computers from both public and"
"IBM 4610 The IBM 4610, also known as SureMark, is a thermal point-of-sale printer, originally developped and manufactured by IBM and currently offered by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, launched in 1996. It is used by major retailers such as Wal-Mart (in most countries, most notably United States and Mexico), Carrefour, Costco, Cencosud, Office Depot, Tesco, Best Buy, Chedraui, King Soopers (and Kroger affiliates), London Drugs and Soriana (Mainly formerly Gigante stores). It had replaced the famous IBM Printer Model 4. With the acqisition of IBM's Retail Store Solutions (RSS) business, the SureMark printers are now produced by Toshiba Global Commerce"
"Computer City Computer City was a chain of United States-based computer superstores operated by Tandy Corporation; the retailer was sold to CompUSA in 1998 and was merged into the CompUSA organization. Computer City was a supercenter concept featuring name-brand and private label computers, software and related products; at the height of its success the company had over 100 locations in the United States and five in Europe. In 1981, the original Computer City was founded by Leonard and Myrna Simon in Costa Mesa, California. Len Simon sat on the original Apple Retail Council while Myrna was in charge of HR."
"in computer retailing had changed. As computers were less of a mystery to more people, profit margins began to drop. Retailers who offered business-to-business consultative services to sell computer systems could no longer afford expensive salespeople. Taking the name of the Los Angeles retailer they had purchased two years earlier, Rick, Vee, and Joe Inatome gave rise to the first big-box merchandising concept – Computer City. With an investment from Mitsubishi, Joe leveraged his vendor relationships at Inacomp to bring IBM, Apple, and Compaq to their first big-box merchandised store, initially privately held by Inatome and Mitsubishi. Computer City innovated"
"Sainsbury's Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.9% share of the supermarket sector. Founded in 1869, by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company became the largest retailer of groceries in 1922, was an early adopter of self-service retailing in the United Kingdom, and had its heyday during the 1980s. In 1995, Tesco overtook Sainsbury's to become the market leader, and Asda became the second largest in 2003, demoting Sainsbury's to third place for most of the subsequent period until January 2014, when Sainsbury's regained second place."
"PC at an unnamed office supplies retailer. Another advertisement style is used during its annual back-to-school campaign, in which the Christmas song ""It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"" is played while parents joyously shop for school supplies for their children, used for several years beginning in January 1995. Later, Alice Cooper appeared in a back-to-school campaign from August 2004. Within the ad, a hand is seen selecting various supplies while a girl looks on unhappily. She finally says, ""I thought you said, 'School's out forever.'"" Alice is shown behind the cart, saying, ""The song goes 'School's out for"
"schools, and delivery of 40,000 machines per month. That December, Acorn stated its intention to become the market leader in US educational computing. ""The New York Times"" considered the inclusion of local area networking to be of prime importance to teachers. The operation resulted in advertisements by at least one dealer in ""Interface Age"" magazine, but ultimately the attempt failed. The success of the machine in the UK was due largely to its acceptance as an ""educational"" computer – UK schools used BBC Micros to teach computer literacy, information technology skills and a generation of games programmers. Acorn became more"
"areas. Sainsbury's Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.9% share of the supermarket sector. Founded in 1869, by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company became the largest retailer of groceries in 1922, was an early adopter of self-service retailing in the United Kingdom, and had its heyday during the 1980s. In 1995, Tesco overtook Sainsbury's to become the market leader, and Asda became the second largest in 2003, demoting Sainsbury's to third place for most of the subsequent period until January 2014, when Sainsbury's regained second"
"for Dentistry"" where dental treatments are offered and/or an ""Explore Learning"" centre where children are offered extra English and maths tuition. Some shops also feature a Starbucks Coffee instead of an in-shop cafe. Sainsbury's operates a chain of fuel forecourts located at some of its supermarkets selling diesel, petrol and City Diesel. The chain first opened a forecourt in 1974 at its Croydon SavaCentre hypermarket, the forecourts were initially supplied by and marketed as Jet stations. However, from 1980 onwards Sainsbury's operated its own forecourts and sourced its own fuel. In 2004 BP became the supplier of fuel and operated"
"specially colored Food City register receipts in exchange for computers, software, sporting goods, calculators, teaching tools, audio/visual and other educational materials for their schools. In 2007, the program went completely electronic, allowing customers to link their Food City loyalty cards to the particular school they wish to donate to. This advancement also allowed schools to check totals online. In 2009, Food City rebranded its Apples for the Students program as Food City School Bucks. Since the program's inception, Food City has awarded $18.6 million to more than 1,000 schools. Since 1988, Food City has been the official sponsor of the"
"first electronic learning product, called ""Lesson One"", at the New York Toy Fair, in February 1980. It taught children basic spelling and maths. An exclusive version under the name ""Computron"" was offered to Sears, with the product being prominently advertised by Sears, in its catalogue, which was a popular shopping guide. Next VTech made the video game console CreatiVision. VTech then branched out into personal computers, including a series of IBM compatible PCs beginning in 1983, followed by Apple II compatible computers, beginning in 1985, including a model called Laser 128. VTech exited the personal computer market in 1997, due"
"Electronics. Computer City was a supercenter concept featuring name-brand and private label, US Logic, computers, software and related products; acquired in 1991, these supplanted the original RadioShack Computer Centre chain, which closed that year. Computer City became the first International Computer Superstore with over 100 locations in six countries. In 1995, Computer City was recognized as the 2nd fastest retailer to hit $1 Billion in sales. In 1996, it was recognized as the 2nd fastest retailer to hit $2 Billion in sales. (Sam's Club was the fastest retailer to hit $1 Billion.) Alan Bush, former EVP of RadioShack and Jim"
"Baby Target speciality store was opened, followed in 1998 by Target Home. In 1999, regional Fosseys stores were re-badged as Target Country, with metropolitan stores closed. Following Target's operating loss of $43m in 2001, the chain's format was repositioned to compete less with Kmart, Woolworths Limited's Big W, Harris Scarfe and The Warehouse, and more with Myer, with a focus on ""middle class"" quality products, especially clothing and home wares. In 1998, Coles Myer opened the first Megamart store, in Coorparoo, Queensland. Harris Technology, a computer hardware and software reseller started by Ron Harris in 1986, was acquired in 1999."
"operations [VanStar], many former franchises continue to operate today as independently owned computer businesses under the ComputerLand name. ComputerLand ComputerLand was a widespread chain of retail computer stores during the early years of the microcomputer revolution, and was one of the outlets (along with Computer City and Sears) chosen to introduce the IBM PC in 1981. The first ComputerLand opened in 1976, and the chain eventually included about 800 stores by 1985. After this time the rapid commoditization of the PC led to the company's downfall, with most of the retail locations closing by 1990. The company officially ended in"
"founded the national Superquinn supermarket chain, of which he remained non-executive president for some years after his family sold out their interest in August 2005. Superquinn was known for its dedication to customer service and having pioneered a number of innovations, including Ireland's first supermarket loyalty card in 1993, SuperClub. It also introduced self-scanning of goods by customers in a number of its outlets (Reward Card SuperScan). Superquinn became the first supermarket in the world to guarantee the absolute traceability of all its beef from pasture to plate, using TraceBack, a revolutionary system developed at Trinity College, Dublin by IdentiGEN."
"funded retail displays which are now common practice throughout the retail industry. Ultimately, Tandy bought the Computer City concept and store in 1991 and launched Computer City as a national chain (as well as Incredible Universe). Alan Bush, a Radio Shack executive, was named president of the new company. The stores resembled CompUSA's super center concepts, but lacked the financial backing CompUSA had. CompUSA, having a larger market share, bought the company, and in the process, shut down one of its smaller competitors. Two types of store models existed, one was a full size store with an in house Tandy"
"which could be thoroughly tested before progressing with the others. In 2007 Sainsbury's announced a further £12 million investment in its depots to keep pace with sales growth and the removal of the failed automated systems from its depots. In addition, it did a deal with IBM to upgrade its Electronic – Point of Sale systems as a result of increased sales. Sainsbury's sold its subsidiary in America, Shaw's, to Albertsons in March 2004. Also in 2004 Sainsbury's expanded its share of the convenience shop market through acquisitions. Bell's Stores, a chain of fifty-four shops based in North East England,"
"units, IBM kiosk POS units and IBM handheld POS units. As a result, the Compris POS software application was first mainly installed on IBM 46xx Series hardware, but later supported by several other POS hardware manufacturers including NCR. Between 1989 and 1992, Compris quickly grew to become the dominant global provider of foodservice technology. The Compris POS software continued to increase in popularity throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning several Microsoft Retail Application Developer (RAD) Awards. In 2000, Melvin founded Apigent Solutions. Other technology companies, such as Par Technology Corporation, partnered with Apigent Solutions to provide comprehensive technology"
"for stores such as Breadberry, Grand & Essex market, Rockland Supermarket, Western Kosher, Seasons, The Market Place and SuperStop, among others. It works by enabling customers to purchase grocery online from their favorite supermarket and choosing either in-store pick up or home delivery. Supermarket then fulfills that order using MCG's software which integrates with store's POS, credit card processor, and delivery vehicles. My Cloud Grocer My Cloud Grocer (or MCG) is a grocery eCommerce software platform for the supermarket chains. It was founded by Yehuda Vernik and Dan Dashevsky in 2012. They created an online platform solution that enables larger"
"StRUT StRUT (Students Recycling Used Technology) are three separate organizations in three states with similar roots and similar mission of providing technology education, resources, and recycling to schools and non-profit organizations in or near these states. It was founded in Oregon in 1995 by Intel and the Northwest Regional Education Service District. Through StRUT, companies such as Epson, Fujitsu, Nike, and Tektronix donate used computers and equipment to schools for refurbishing and reuse. As of August 2003, StRUT has provided computers to over 135 schools and 21 educational service districts in Oregon and southwest Washington. The program has also grown"
"During his tenure, he secured the Basic Skills First computer contract from the State of Tennessee, outfitting every 8th grade classroom in Tennessee with Macintosh computers. In 1985, Mahaffey was promoted to Director of Apple’s Education Group and relocated to Cupertino, California. For three years, he managed a sales model focusing on K-12 schools and universities, and turned Apple Education into a billion-dollar business unit. His team created school computer lab bundles, ensured compliance with state contracts, and helped secure low-interest loans so teachers could purchase computers. They also retailed directly to students through university campus bookstores. These factors helped"
"Consortium for School Networking The Consortium for School Networking, or CoSN, is a member-based association and advocacy group based in Washington, DC, United States, which promotes partnerships and awareness of emerging technologies amongst technology decision-makers in K-12 education. CoSN was formed in 1992. CoSN was part of a coalition which advocated for the 1997 enactment of E-Rate, a component of the Universal Service Fund, which provides discounts to assist most schools and libraries in the United States (and U.S. territories) to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access, and CoSN has since continued its advocacy for the program. CoSN also played"
"Tesco's clubcard initiative as 'an electronic version of Green Shield Stamps'; the company was soon forced to backtrack, introducing its own Reward Card eighteen months later. For much of the 20th century, Sainsbury's had been the market leader in the supermarket sector in the United Kingdom, but in 1995, it lost its place as the country's largest retailer of groceries to Tesco. Some new ventures were successful, notably the launch of a retail bank, Sainsbury's Bank, in partnership with Bank of Scotland. In addition to Shaw's, Sainsbury's bought a minority stake in another supermarket group, Giant Food, based in Washington,"
"interested the National Association of Food Chains in 1969 in the idea, and they formed the U.S. Supermarket Ad Hoc Committee on a Uniform Grocery Product Code, rival IBM became involved in 1971, finding out about Woodland's work and transferring him to their North Carolina facilities, where he played a key role in developing the most important version of the technology, the Universal Product Code (UPC), beating RCA in a competition. The first item scanned was a packet of chewing gum in an Ohio supermarket in 1974. Woodland died from the effects of Alzheimer's disease on December 9, 2012, in"