As convenience retailers compete for consumers’ loyalty, major players are leveraging shopper data to personalize their messaging, looking to drive deeper connections. Take, for instance, Casey’s General Stores, the third-largest convenience store chain in the United States. On a call with analysts Wednesday (June 12)...
Touchless self-checkout company Mashgin has launched a partnership with payments solution provider Verifone. The two companies’ integration, announced Monday (May 20), will let Mashgin deploy its computer vision self-checkout system via Verifone’s Commander solution, found at 40% of convenience stores in the country. According to a news release, the...
As consumers increasingly engage across brick-and-mortar and digital channels, convenience retailers are integrating new technologies into the in-store experience. According to a recent report from the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), nearly two-thirds of shoppers are members of retailers’ loyalty programs. “Customers are using...
Convenience store commerce platform Vroom Delivery has launched a partnership with payment processor Finix. The collaboration, announced Monday (April 8), is centered around the creation of a new tool called Pay360, which the companies say is the first online payment solution designed for the convenience store sector, allowing for the...
March 29, 2021
The delivery space has exploded in the last year, with customers turning to remote, safe-from-home commerce options at unprecedented levels. Major retailers have added new delivery options, while new delivery services have entered the crowded space with their own approaches to eCommerce. For pre-pandemic companies with delivery already at the core of their business model, […]
January 28, 2021
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 them combine the food staples...
November 24, 2020
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 and convenience stores rank among...
September 29, 2020
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. But he said what’s really...
July 24, 2024
Shoplifting surged by 30% in England and Wales over the last year, a government agency reported Wednesday (July 24). Leaders of a retail trade union and a convenience store trade association attributed the increase in part to insufficient police presence and a too-high threshold for prosecuting shoplifters. There were 443,995 shoplifting offenses reported during the […]
May 20, 2024
Touchless self-checkout company Mashgin has launched a partnership with payments solution provider Verifone. The two companies’ integration, announced Monday (May 20), will let Mashgin deploy its computer vision self-checkout system via Verifone’s Commander solution,...
April 08, 2024
Convenience store commerce platform Vroom Delivery has launched a partnership with payment processor Finix. The collaboration, announced Monday (April 8), is centered around the creation of a new tool called Pay360, which the companies say...
March 15, 2024
PAR Technology has acquired TASK Group and Stuzo Holdings to expand its unified commerce software offerings. These acquisitions will expand the global food service technology company’s offerings into convenience stores,...
