convenience stores

Amazon Go Aims For 3K Locations By 2021
Amazon Go Aims For 3K Locations By 2021
September 20, 2018  |  Retail

A new report says that Amazon might open 3,000 Amazon Go locations by 2021. The company should have about 10 new cashierless stores by the...

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Amazon Go Debuts In Chicago
Amazon Go Debuts In Chicago
September 18, 2018  |  Retail

Amazon Go has launched another store, this time in the Windy City. According to Venture Beat, the Chicago store is located at 113 S. Franklin...

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Can Millennials Drive Mobile Payments For Gas?
Can Millennials Drive Mobile Payments For Gas?
August 15, 2018  |  Gas Station Retail

43 percent: That is the amount of high-income millennials who said they would be more likely to visit a gas station if its app offered...

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Payment Apps Breathe New — Or Retro — Life Into Convenience Stores
Payment Apps Breathe New — Or Retro — Life Into Convenience Stores
June 22, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Here are two ideas that appear contradictory, but are combining in a way that could significantly change convenience store commerce and payments: First, those retail...

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Stuzo: Open Platforms Give Station Operators A Hand At The Pump
Stuzo: Open Platforms Give Station Operators A Hand At The Pump
June 12, 2018  |  Digital Payments

The gas station — and the convenience store — experience. Reimagined. One need no longer schlep out of the car to the pump, braving hail...

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Kroger Sells Convenience Stores For $2.15B
Kroger Sells Convenience Stores For $2.15B
February 06, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Kroger, the supermarket operator, announced a deal to sell its convenience store business to EG Group, the U.K.-based convenience store retailer. In a press release,...

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The High-Touch Digital Future Convenience Commerce According To 7-Eleven
The High-Touch Digital Future Convenience Commerce According To 7-Eleven
January 30, 2018  |  Retail

Amazon’s entry into a new market is rarely considered good news in the world of retail. Blue Apron was already having difficulty keeping investors calm....

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Amazon Go Has Its Roots In A 1920s Texas Ice Retailer
Amazon Go Has Its Roots In A 1920s Texas Ice Retailer
January 30, 2018  |  Retail

When “Uncle Johnny” Jefferson Green realized that grocery stores weren’t always open when consumers needed household staples, he sensed an opportunity. Green, who ran the...

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Casey’s Considers $2B Kroger Convenience Store Acquisition
Casey’s Considers $2B Kroger Convenience Store Acquisition
January 29, 2018  |  Retail

Under pressure from an activist investor, JCP Investment Management, convenience store chain Casey’s General Stores has reportedly placed an initial bid to acquire grocer Kroger’s...

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