Retail - Convenience Stores News & Media
‘AI Clerk’ engages with customers in unattended 7-Eleven kiosk
March 2, 2022
Customers may now engage in live conversations with an artificial intelligence clerk in Korea's first unmanned 7-Eleven convenience store inside the Lotte…
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The evolution of c-stores: How 3rd party apps are adapting to changing customer needs
by Brian Jefferson — SVP & GM Payments and Loyalty, PDI Marketing Cloud Solutions, PDI Software
By providing concise messaging around engagement, c-stores can enable customers to act on their own so that clerks can focus on checkout.
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Sheetz chain taps Travis Sheetz as CEO
December 29, 2021
Restaurant and convenience chain Sheetz has named Travis Sheetz as president and CEO.
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UAE c-store debuts autonomous checkout technology
December 1, 2021
Adnoc Distribution, the UAE's largest fuel convenience retailer, has launched a fully autonomous, contactless and cashierless Adnoc Oasis store, according to a…
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Royal Farms deploying NCR self-checkout to all stores
November 5, 2021
Royal Farms, a privately-owned convenience store chain, is rolling out NCR self-checkout to all of its 250-plus stores.
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C-store chain to deploy Skip’s self-checkout kiosks
November 1, 2021
Huck's Market, a Carmi, Illinois based convenience store chain, will install Skip's new self-checkout kiosk to the 124 locations it operates across Illinois…
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C-store chain deploying NCR self-checkout kiosks
October 28, 2021
Royal Farms, a privately owned chain of convenience stores throughout Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, will equip all…
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C-store chain deploys unstaffed store
October 28, 2021
R-kiosk, part of the Norway based Reitan convenience store chain, has introduced an unstaffed R-kiosk Go! at Viikki campus at the University of Helsinki, in…
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India’s wealthiest man brings 7-Eleven to his home country
October 20, 2021
The convenience store 7-Eleven has arrived in Mumbai, India thanks to the country's richest resident.
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Initiative aims to shape the future of retail
October 8, 2021
Standard AI is partnering with retail tech leaders to launch the Autonomous Retail Initiative focused on investing in convenience store operators to help shape…
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LG film drives impromptu purchases at convenience store
October 4, 2021
Abierto, a retail-focused technology integration firm, recently conducted a blind study of convenience store shoppers and found that a 14mm Transparent LED…
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Dollar General mapping out health-focused customer experience
September 10, 2021
Inexpensive household items and groceries aren't the only store commodities Dollar General hopes to sell customers in the near future.
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Casey's General Stores teams with Momentive to fuel customer, employee experiences
August 27, 2021
Casey's General Stores Inc., a Midwest-based chain of 2,300 conveniece stores, is deploying Momentive's technology to measure employee feedback, gauge product…
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Giant Eagle adds PayPal, Venmo payment options
August 25, 2021
Supermarket customers at Giant Eagle locations, as well as the Giant Eagle's GetGo stores, can now pay for groceries using PayPal and Venmo.
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7-Eleven launches minibar delivery
August 23, 2021
7-Eleven and Minibar Delivery, an on-demand alcohol delivery service, are collaborating on a service to deliver beer and wine to homes in select markets.
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Pandemic recovery reboots Rochester operation's technology focus
Martk Houseknecht is confident Crickler Vending will reclaim its position as a technology leader in convenience services as the business recovers from COVID-19.
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C-store introduces self-order food kiosks
July 29, 2021
CEFCO Convenience Stores, based in Temple, Texas has launched self-order kiosks from Olea Kiosks Inc. with Reji LLC software in two of its kitchen locations…
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South Korea c-store chain introduces alcoholic beverage vending machine
July 13, 2021
South Korea's largest convenience store brand, CU, has introduced a vending machine to serve alcoholic drinks, according to an ajudaily.com report.
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7-Eleven stores in Australia tap digital signage
July 12, 2021
Visual Art, a digital signage provider in Stockholm, Sweden, is entering the Australian market with deployments at 7-Eleven convenience stores.
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