ALEXANDRIA, Va.—ITG Brands said it has appealed the Food and Drug Administration’s marketing denial orders (MDO) for certain myblu electronic nicotine delivery products and has informed NACS that these products can continue to be displayed and sold at retail outlets while the app...

RICHMOND, Va.—GPM Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of ARKO Corp., extended its existing $1 billion agreement with Chicago-based real estate investment firm Oak Street Real Estate Capital by one year. By extending the agreement, GPM will have $1.15 billion during the second ...

CHICAGO—Beginning today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to regulate synthetic nicotine products through recently passed legislation, according to a news release. As of April 14, 2022, manufacturers, distributors, importers and retailers of tobacco p...

By Chrissy Blasinsky and Sara Counihan CHICAGO—The first in-person NACS State of the Industry Summit in three years revealed impressive 2021 industry numbers: Total in-store sales increased to a record $277.9 billion in 2021, total industry sales reached $705.7 billion, and the a...

CHICAGO—Amazon is turning to an even younger generation to fill empty jobs, with the retailer reportedly looking to recruit high school graduates to work in its warehouses, reports the New York Post. Amazon will travel to high schools across the U.S. and Canada to recruit young w...

WAWA, Pa.—Today is Wawa Day, and in honor of its 58th anniversary in retail, Wawa will celebrate by offering customers free hot coffee of any size at all locations all day. Throughout the day, Wawa expects to give away more than two million free cups of coffee to customers at its...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.— Yakir Gola, Gopuff’s CEO, is insistent that his company can crack the instant delivery code, reports the New York Times. But after deciding to not go public this year and laying off about 3% of its workforce, the question now is if Gopuff has done delivery differ...

By Sara Counihan and Kim Stewart ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The final day of the NACS State of the Industry Summit wrapped up Thursday with an overview of the legislative landscape for the convenience retailing industry, a deep dive into regional data and a fuels outlook. “We left Chicago e...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Walmart has expanded its self-driving delivery pilot program in Arizona with Cruise. The program is currently in Scottsdale and will now include Chandler, reports Tech Crunch. Cruise said that it will expand to eight Walmart stores in the Phoenix and Scottsdale ar...

HOUSTON—Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, has partnered with Amazon to equip two food and beverage stores at the park with Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, according to a news release. Fans visiting the two Just Walk Out technology-enabled stores can insert their credit card ...