KESKO FOOD LTD PRESS RELEASE 16.03.2012 AT 08.00
K-supermarket Seilori in Espoo is a pioneering K-food store as it is the first one to introduce electronic price labels on its shelves.
According to IT Manager Outi Mäkinen of Kesko Food, K-supermarket Seilori is testing electronic price labels. During the test, both customers and the store will gain experience of the performance of the system. The store will be testing several different price labels at the same time to gain extensive experience of the performance of different price labels.
K-retailer Heimo Välinen is looking forward to the introduction of electronic price labels.
- Electronic price labels will improve customer service, because they are clear and the information is always correct. From the store's point of view, operations will improve because paper labels will no longer be needed, says Välinen.
Another advantage of electronic price labels is that they are stationary and the product prices are visible on a large digital display. In addition to price, other product information can be displayed, such as product origin, or if the product is gluten free, lactose free, a Pirkka product or an organic product.
Prices wirelessly updated to the shelves
Electronic price labels in K-supermarket Seilori use wireless transmission of product price information from the POS system to the electronic labels on the shelves.
- The product price is updated into the POS system from which it is automatically transmitted to the electronic price labels on the shelves. This means that the price is always the same in the price label and the POS system. If the price is changed, it is simultaneously updated to the labels on the shelves and no paper labels need to be made, says Outi Mäkinen.
Paper price labels will not disappear completely from the store as they will continue to be used to display campaign prices, for example. The supplier of the electronic price label system of K-supermarket Seilori is Wincor Nixdorf.
Further information:
IT Manager Outi Mäkinen, Kesko Food Ltd, tel. +358 10 53 23568
Development Director Ari Sääksmäki, Kesko Food Ltd, tel. +358 10 53 22796
K-retailer Heimo Välinen, tel. +358 400 506 699
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