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On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:58:45 +0100, St. wrote:
> Heard enough horror stories about them.
Such as?
I used to work in IT in the food/drug retail industry (but I don't any
more). So I'm curious how people think that data's being used. I don't
have a complete picture myself, but what I've seen of it in the chain I
used to work in, I don't think it's anywhere as bad as people think.
Understanding customer spending habits allows a store to better stock up
on the things I need/want. In general, it would be impossible for a
large chain to use that data to track individual shopping habits - the
data is much more useful in determining things like aggregate products
purchased by the local population and a better understanding of how
customers use multiple stores in the same area.
I wonder what kind of stories Starbuck's data would give you, for
example....
Jim
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