OT: neural networks and filePro

[Bill Vermillion]

On Wed, Nov 17 12:45  Kenneth Brody said 'Who you talkin' to? You talkin'
to Kenneth Brody?  I didn't do nuttin'.  I said: 

> GCC Consulting wrote:
> [... "smart" computers offering "suggestions" ...]
> > Super markets and other brick & Mortar retailers are doing this with their
> > affinity programs.
> [...]
> > Case 2: Foodtown Supermarket

> > Our vet suggested that we put our older cat on a carb diet.
> > So we tried various infants pasta based foods. The cat eat
> > these foods for about a week. However, we kept getting offers
> > each time we checked out for children's food. This happened
> > for almost a year and 1/2. No matter what I did at the store
> > level, I couldn't stop these 'suggestions" for children's
> > food.
>
> [...]

> I tend to get the opposite at A&P and ShopRite. Whatever I buy,
> I tend to get coupons based on what I'm buying at that time,
> but for the competitor's product. If I buy Gerber's baby food,
> I will get a coupon for BeechNut. If I buy a box of Kellog's
> cereal, I'll get a coupon for General Mills. And so on.

Do you mean at checkout time.  I see that locally too, so when you
buy product A from vendor H, you get a coupon printed along with
your receipt for product A from vendor M.

Since I never buy M I don't know if I bought product A from them
I would get a store generated coupon for vendor H.

I suspect it has to do with $$ changing hands as does shelf
placement and shelf space.

Bill
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