Trends in mobility, food and tech will shape the global retail convenience industry in 2022 and beyond. Retailers who lead and innovate in these fields will thrive. Those who don’t … read
Dan Munford and Frank Beard are joined by Jesse Chester, Category Leadership Director at Mars, Scott Wu, Compass Group North America’s Chief Technology Officer of Compass Digital Labs and Jordan … read
Weigel’s Farm Stores (Weigel’s) operates a chain of convenience stores in East Tennessee. From its humble beginnings in 1931 when it began selling raw milk produced from its “herd” of … read
Keeping up with all your fuel equipment, particularly across many locations, is a tall order. That’s why Titan Cloud Software has developed industry-leading advanced monitoring software. With it you can … read
Frictionless, unattended or Just Walk Out? Well, even with a lack of consensus about the description, this trend appears established and highly significant. London is fast becoming one of the … read
“Convenience is being disrupted – from a fuels perspective electrification is beginning to change the face of the industry, while food delivery apps are challenging the whole concept of convenience”. … read
The very mention of “rip and replace” is a painful thought for any business. Legacy systems or even good-old spreadsheets are oftentimes too comfortable and therefore hard to give up. … read
Most businesses now need to worry about cyberthreats as much as they do about industry competitors. That hasn’t always been the case, but it has become the norm in just … read
Globally, Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” stores have been more significant than their (so far) limited numbers suggest. Other retailers noticed and many are themselves running successful trials, or rolling out … read
Written by Sin Hin Wong, Managing Director & VP Sales, APAC at PDI Software. When you consider the core challenges facing convenience and fuel retailers – rapidly changing consumer behavior, … read
The convenience retail market has always been prone to rapid shifts, driven by short-term factors such as pandemic-related lockdowns and long-term factors such as the growing focus on personalized consumer … read
Gilbarco Veeder-Root, the world’s leading fuelling and convenience store equipment and technology manufacturer, has an obsession: Customers. While many businesses talk about their customer centric strategies, Gilbarco also walks the … read
Circle K’s new ‘pay by plate’ technology is exactly the kind of frictionless innovation the European consumer wants. As highlighted by the highly significant tech and prestigious win last week … read
Invenco, a global provider of secure self-service payment terminals and convenience store solutions, is a game-changer in modern convenience and forecourt retailing. The global business, whose suite of products includes … read
The NACS European Convenience Retail Awards recognise outstanding achievements in the European retail community. For nearly 15 years, the programme has been a high point for retailers, industry experts and … read
István Mag, Head of Digital Factory at MOL Group and co-founder of Jiffy Grocery London, Vladimir Kholiaznikov join Dan Munford and co-host Dan Harrell, Chief Innovation Officer at Invenco. In … read
In February, Brent Puzak, the former head of the environmental shared services at Circle K, joined Titan Cloud Software as Vice President of Solutions Consulting. We caught up with Brent … read
ENOC Managing Director for Retail, Zaid AlQufaidi joined us on Shop Talk LIVE to present a fascinating insight into their ‘Service Station of the Future’ watch the episode here. ENOC … 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
As the Indian conglomerate Future Group wins approval from market regulators to sell its retail businesses to Reliance Retail, Fiona Briggs speaks to Future Group’s head of strategy & communication, … read
Insight shone the spotlight on the international convenience and forecourt retail sector during 2020. With a raft of CEO interviews from markets around the world plus the launch of Shop … read