'Europe'

Join us in Oslo, Norway for Insight’s EV Market Focus program, 6-8 September, 2022 Insight Research have been leading the way in helping the global convenience and fuels industry navigate … read

Galp, the multi-national, integrated energy operator headquartered in Lisbon and Portugal’s leading service station retailer, is on a transformation journey. The business, which has a total retail network of 1,475 … read

OMV, the international, integrated oil, gas and chemicals company, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is strengthening its convenience retail and fuel proposition. Last month (February) OMV opened its first OMV Fastlane, … read

Our partners NACS have their ‘NACS Convenience Summit Europe’ on May 31st-June 2nd. This prestigious event is back live and in person for the first time in 2 years in … read

As forecourt stores now compete with Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) and food operators in an increasingly competitive market, differentiation is key. Circle K, the leading global convenience and fuel retailing … read

Junction 14, a state-of-the art-service station located off the M7 at Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland, has transformed from being a forecourt with food to a food court with fuel. It’s … read

Fresh The Good Food Market (“Fresh”) has opened the doors to its latest store in Dublin. The premium convenience retailer has taken over the former M&S Simply Food in Dublin’s … read

International travel is returning as COVID restrictions ease across much of Europe.  For over a year and a half, many retail leaders have relied on virtual meetings and phone calls … read

MOL Group, the international oil, gas, petrochemicals and retail company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, is on a transformational journey. The company has a strategic ambition to become a digitally-driven consumer … read

By Magnar Møkkelgård, NACS Relationship Partner, Nordics. The first 7-Eleven Market has opened in Oslo offering small format grocery to upmarket neighbourhood. Norway’s Sunday stores The legislation on opening hours … read

In this special episode of Shop Talk LIVE we speak with Circle K’s leadership team about their pro-active and innovative approach to e-mobility and the implications for our industry. Håkon … read

Ahead of our latest Shop Talk LIVE here is a virtual tour of Circle K’s latest EV test site in Norway. In episode 37 we speak with Circle K’s leadership … read

Covid-19 disrupted the Swiss retail market creating winners and losers in all channels and it’s unlikely things will fully return to pre-pandemic ways. That’s according to Marco Fuhrer, managing partner … read

It has been well documented that the last 15 months has seen unprecedented change to food retail, with winners & losers across a spectrum of formats and propositions. But now … read

“On June 26, we opened a station in Kołobrzeg. Number 255. On December 23, we opened a station in Tarnów. Number 300. This means a new station every 4 days. … read

Hungarian headquartered MOL Group has undertaken a remarkable transformation from a traditional fuel retailer to an innovative convenience retailer over the past few years, it’s a story we reported on … read

Reitan Convenience welcomes us to Denmark, the first stop of our 2021 #STLWorldTour series! In this episode, managing director, Jesper Østergaard, shares with us their transformation story – from a … read

Operating a world class, end-to-end food and beverage business, NACS member Musgrave has been on the front foot during the Covid-19 pandemic. And, the business is set to leverage that … read

Significant changes in behaviour and new consumer needs have created format shift and new market realities for food retailers. In this edition of Shop Talk LIVE we consider immediate, short … read

Convenience retailers, like REWE Group in Germany are committed to a continuous quantitative and qualitative development of convenience retail propositions in response to the growing market opportunity, particularly amongst time … read

Patrick Dunne is Sainsbury’s Director of Property, Procurement and Cost Transformation. He agreed to take part in our series of global interviews in order to convey learnings from the experiences … read