The IBM Retail User Group Congratulates Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. and Balance Innovations

The IBM Retail User Group announced Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. as the winner of the 2010 Retail Innovation Award. This prestigious Award was presented at the User Group’s 33rd annual conference in San Antonio, TX - April 25-28, 2010. The Innovation Award carries special meaning because the winner is chosen by the winner’s peer group – the retail membership of the organization. The innovative solution provider, Balance Innovations, was also honored with the 2010 Retail Solution Innovation Award.

Roundy’s Supermarkets’ project, the “Automation of Self-Checkout Balancing”, entailed the installation of the vbScout self-checkout management solution in 90 Roundy’s Supermarkets locations. vbScout makes the management and monitoring of the self-checkout units more efficient. The goals of the project were to standardize self-checkout balancing practices and to reduce bookkeeping time while keeping units available to customers during business hours.

The IBM Retail User Group Board of Directors also congratulates MIGROS Switzerland, and their Solution provider(s) BIZERBA GmbH, IBM, S3 Italy (IBM Subsidiary) - Michaels Stores, Inc. and solution provider Vertex Inc. – and Stage Stores along with their solution provider Cornell-Mayo Associates for being selected finalists’ for the 2010 “Retail Innovation Award”.

About the IBM Retail User Group
The IBM Retail Users Group has, for over thirty years, provided a platform for hundreds of retailers, IBM and IBM Business Partners to advance retail systems technology. One of the last of the “true” User Groups, it is owned and run by the representatives of over 300 Retail companies that make up it’s membership. The group focuses on advancing the state of the art of retail technology for all aspects of the retail enterprise. It is an independently-run, mutual benefit organization of IBM retail solution users, and providers of support products and services.