Intelligent Devices: A Guide to IoT Applications for Retail Device Manufacturers

Retailers are increasingly incorporating Internet-of-Things devices into store operations, but delivering on the value proposition requires dependable…

7-Eleven taps menu boards to boost customer experience

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

Convenience stores typically have a transient customer that strives to be in and out as quickly as possible. In order to maximize sales, these retailers need…

Convenience retailer taps Reflexis for workforce management

May 17, 2019

Royal Farms is replacing a legacy and outdated workforce management system with the Reflexis Workforce Scheduler system.

Streamlining Your Returns Process Pays Dividends

Online shopping is booming. Returns are not.

7-Eleven pilots mobile payment app

November 5, 2018

Convenience store giant 7-Eleven is testing a mobile app called Scan & Pay that allows customers to skip the line and pay for purchases with the 7-Eleven…

C-store chain partners with NCR on mobile payments

October 19, 2018

NCR Corp. has announced that Enmarket Convenience Stores will introduce the NCR Mobile Payments solution for fuel retailers across its locations in the coming…

MAPCO appoints Charles Adams as CEO

February 9, 2018

MAPCO, which operates 350 convenience stores in the southeast region of the U.S., has hired Charles Adams as its new CEO.

Amazon Go disrupts, re-invents, elevates the customer experience

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Amazon's supermarket, which boasts a cashier-less checkout, is open to the masses after a year in beta with Seattle-based company employees. Industry pundits…

Google veterans launch smartphone activated self-serve convenience concept

September 15, 2017

Google veterans Paul McDonald and Ashwath Rajan are launching a new concept called Bodega, a 5-foot-wide pantry box filled with non-perishable convenience…

Kagan: Poor checkout experience hurts retail brand

by Jeff KAGAN — Wireless Analyst, Telecom Industry Analyst

Jeff Kagan offers up his view on retail winners and losers and what the changing customer expectations are starting to demand from retail stores.

Costco, Wawa gaining ground as gas fuel up locations

August 10, 2017

The top consumer choices when it comes to gassing up the vehicle at a wholesaler is Costco and Wawa when it comes to grocery stores, according to a Market…

Tackling the challenges of remote branch IT

Today's retail space is evolving rapidly, driven by changing customer demand and increasing competition. While technology should be the enabler of this shift…

Evolve or die: This is the state of retail

The advent of digital has changed life as we know it, including the shopping experience. The state of retail is now evolve or die. The dogma of old school…

Report: Wal-Mart piloting convenience store strategy

March 3, 2017

Wal-Mart is reportedly piloting a convenience store in Texas, complete with hot dogs and the familiar ICEE machine found at other top brand convenience…

Beer, wine may soon hit Amazon Go store shelves

March 1, 2017

Shoppers will likely soon be able to pick up wine and beer while browsing the salad, food and snack aisles at Amazon Go store in Seattle.

Consumers are big in love with convenience retailers

September 28, 2016

The top growing retail vertical is the convenience store, with in-store sales jumping 6 percent in 2015.

Argo Tea talks exceeding tea-lover expectations while advancing product innovation

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

It's not easy being a beverage player these days as consumers want everything from great flavors to healthy options, and increasing competition is only making…

Consumers gobbling up meat snacks, beef seeing stiff competition

August 5, 2015

An push to eat healthier is spurring more protein-based meat snacks consumption in past five years.

Pilot success spurs mobile ad efforts at Marathon stores

July 29, 2015

A 90-day trial run by Golden Pantry Food Stores reveals iSIGN technology to be an effective marketing tool.

New easy-order kits for category-specific product now available for FFR's Power Zone® Sure-Set™ self-facing system

New easy-order kits for popular product categories are now available for the Power Zone® Sure-Set™ Self-facing System by FFR Merchandising.