Nowe technologie informacyjno-komunikacyjne w procesie pozyskiwania wiedzy o klientach sieci handlowych – wybrane zagadnienia

Retail chains in their marketing strategies should focus on target markets needs. Such attitude enables them developing competitive offer, which fulfill customers needs and expectations. Used marketing procedures toward target segments are basing on knowledge about customers. Knowledge acquisition is basing on use of different ICT. The goal of the paper is to identify and to present selected IT solutions used by retail chains in knowledge acquisition about the customer, as well as indicating the cases of use that knowledge in marketing activity of retail chains. The subject of the study are international retail chains functioning in Poland on FMCG market (case of Tesco). For the purpose of implementation of the assumed goals, the following research methods are applied: critical analysis of the literature of the subject and case-study method indicating best marketing practices associated with application of knowledge about customers in strategic activities of commercial retail chains.