A new player is about to enter the American convenience market, as Amazon intends to open up to 2,000 stores in the U.S. over the next decade. Under the ‘Fresh’ brand, Internet retailing giant Amazon is ready to open 20 convenience stores in the U.S. over the next two years, while it sees room in…
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Quebec’s largest agri-food firm to install multi-fuel stations
Agri-food cooperative La Coop fédérée has been chosen by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MERN) to install multi-fuel stations in Quebec, according to a company release. La Coop will participate in the government’s pilot project through its subsidiary Énergies Sonic, the largest energy products distributor in Quebec, and will join industry leaders namely…
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Maximizing Retail Sales through Loyalty
Retailing 101 still stands on the four p’s (Product, Price, Promotion and Position). Traditional convenience retailers are certainly not as threatened as other box retailers by the internet given the nature of their sales and services, but they are not completely immune to technology. In fact, they can take advantage of innovative loyalty and technology…
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PetrolPlaza Special: The revolution of cloud-based solutions
Cloud-based solutions, big data and digitalization are shaping the future of the fuel retailing business. From remote control services, to predictive maintenance or mobile payments, all these new trends which are dominating the industry´s discussions are based on those three technological developments. “Cloud doesn´t represent an evolution, but a revolution. It will change the products…
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