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News High-street rivals Asda, Tesco, Safeway and Sainsbury's this summer entered a price war on pre-paid phones from the big four networks. Marks and Spencer is to stock mobile phones that will run on the Orange network. [13 Sep 1999]
Safeway takes the PC plunge
News UK supermarket chain, Safeway is to enter the PC market by selling cut-price Fujitsu computers at 25 of its stores. Safeway's move echoes that of rival retailer, Tesco, which started selling Siemens PCs... [25 Jun 1999]
In-store Internet access for Safeway shoppers
News UK retail chain, Safeway, has set up in-store public access points for the Internet which aim to give the Internet novice a chance to explore the Web. Safeway commissioned a newly designed browser from... [01 Jun 1999]
Informix helps sun shine on UK retailers
News Danny Edsall, Safeway's business solutions manager for the supply chain, liked the idea. Safeway already has a direct feed from the Met Office, but Informix is negotiating with clients Whitbread and... [28 May 1999]
Tesco pips Safeway to online first
News UK supermarket chain, Tesco launched its barcode-based online shopping trial today, beating arch-rival Safeway by 10 days. Like Safeway, the Tesco system uses a handheld device with a scanner. In... [21 Jan 1999]
Safeway to trial handheld ecommerce
News Safeway and IBM are to trial a remote ordering service which allows customers to shop by PalmPilot. Safeway's IT director, Mike Winch, said: "It runs on Java, so customers will be able to use any device... [17 Dec 1998]
Safeway buys in online weather forecasts
News Safeway has invested £300,000 in online, up-to-the-minute weather information from the UK Met Office. The three-year contract gives Safeway strategists direct access to the Met's supercomputer, feeding... [27 Aug 1998]
In brief: Manugistics lands Safeway contract
News UK supply chain management software company, Manugistics, has secured a mammoth contract with Safeway in North America. Safeway will use Manugistics software to coordinate and streamline inbound freight... [20 Aug 1998]
Abbey National picks up data centre award
News Previous winners include Barclays, Ford, KLM and Safeway. Abbey National's Life division has won the Compass 1998 award for the fastest rate of improvement in a UK data centre. The personal financial service halved its... [22 Jun 1998]
