convenience stores

ACI Worldwide: Fuel Sales Add Fire To C-Store Digital-First Efforts
ACI Worldwide: Fuel Sales Add Fire To C-Store Digital-First Efforts
January 28, 2021  |  Retail

By the numbers, convenience stores are America’s gas stations. They account for 63.7 percent of all gasoline sold in the country, and 80 percent of...

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Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks To Help Out Washington State With Vaccine Distribution
Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks...
January 19, 2021  |  News

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity...

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7-Eleven And Other Convenience Stores Go High-Tech Even As The Industry Contracts
7-Eleven And Other Convenience Stores Go High-Tech Even As The Industry Contracts
January 19, 2021  |  Retail

The number of U.S. convenience stores fell 1.6 percent during 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic depressed crucial gasoline sales and brick-and-mortar retail contracted in general,...

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Alimentation Couche-Tard Scraps $20 Billion Effort To Buy Carrefour SA
Alimentation Couche-Tard Scraps $20 Billion Effort To Buy Carrefour SA
January 18, 2021  |  Retail

After encountering strong resistance from the government of France, Alimentation Couche-Tard has scrapped an approximately $20 billion effort to buy Carrefour SA, Reuters reported. Alimentation Couche-Tard...

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Convenience Store M&A Deals Rev Up Despite COVID-19
Convenience Store M&A Deals Rev Up Despite COVID-19
December 17, 2020  |  Retail

The convenience store industry has seen a record $21.7 billion of consolidation deals announced in just the past four months, as a pandemic-related M&A lull...

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ResTech’s Rising Prominence In Writing The Future Of The Industry
ResTech’s Rising Prominence In Writing The Future Of The Industry
November 24, 2020  |  ResTech

Point-of-sale restaurant technology startup Toast recently held a secondary share offering that reportedly valued the company at $8 billion as restaurants and ResTech rebound from...

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Putting Subscriptions On The Menu At Restaurants And QSRs
Putting Subscriptions On The Menu At Restaurants And QSRs
November 24, 2020  |  Subscription Commerce

The pandemic has been bad news for just about everyone over the past several months, but that doesn’t mean it’s been equally bad all around. Restaurants...

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Restaurants, C-Stores Prep For A Post-Pandemic Omnichannel Future
Restaurants, C-Stores Prep For A Post-Pandemic Omnichannel Future
September 29, 2020  |  Omnicommerce

Some convenience stores and restaurants have seen their revenues dented by 60 percent or more in recent months, Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins told Karen Webster....

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Instacart Pushes Into Convenience Store Market With 7-Eleven Deal
Instacart Pushes Into Convenience Store Market With 7-Eleven Deal
September 03, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Instacart, which has made a name for itself delivering groceries from the big supermarket chains, is now moving into the convenience store sector. On Thursday...

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