Supermarket Focus Group

Are you:

• Wondering about the strategic direction of retail store software applications and the role they will play in your supermarket point-of-sale (POS) environment?
• Interested in being part of a consolidated customer voice that helps guide IBM in the development of new hardware and software products?
• Intrigued about joining a worldwide network of peers who share ideas, proactively understand and act upon industry requirements, and who act to protect and advance their I/T assets?

Then please read on...

The Supermarket Focus Group was created in 1992 to facilitate a unified supermarket customer voice to IBM. Though many members compete in the supermarket industry, there is enough commonality of function in the applications that customers utilize to provide benefit for IBM in creating new hardware and software products. The group also has members from outside the United States who provide additional value to the group as more companies drive to become multinational or international companies.

The Focus Group is not a fee-based organization and makes every effort to control costs for its members relative to meetings and other events. Two group meetings are held each year. The primary meeting is held each October in Raleigh, NC (home of IBM Retail Store Solutions). The second meeting is currently held in conjunction with the POS User's Group Conference in the spring. The meetings provide a forum for members to hear the latest updates about IBM products, strategies and direction. This forum also provides a great opportunity for "round table" discussion on items and issues that impact customer business, and serves as a direct communication vehicle to convey member requirements, concerns and feedback to IBM.

For more information, contact Dave Irons, IBM Retail Store Solutions, at 919-889-0464 or dirons@us.ibm.com.

Or, to become a member of the Focus Group, apply online.