ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Gopuff, a virtual on-demand convenience store, aims to provide its customers with a wider and more eclectic range of products than they’d find in a convenience store, and it delivers orders to customers in 30 minutes or less, reports Bloomberg. Orders are fulfille...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Customers expect a quicker and hassle-free checkout. But what’s the right seamless shopping experience for you and your customers? You can download the free webinar “Self-Checkout Innovations in Convenience Retailing,” to learn how Alan Meyer, chief executive offi...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Elite professionals and “who’s who” experts in convenience retailing presented and shared their insights at this year’s NACS Show, covering the most important and innovative issues in convenience retailing today. Now, more than 40 education sessions from this year...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A draft European Union plan would reclassify food delivery and ride-hailing app workers as employees, affecting as many as 4.1 million people, according to TIME. Workers for companies like Uber, Deliveroo and Bolt Technology would gain access to minimum-wage and l...
YORK, Pa. and OKLAHOMA CITY—Rutter’s Children’s Charities announced its 2021 Vote With Your Dollars winners. The program allows Rutter’s VIP loyalty members to choose the local charity they want to support with their purchases at any Rutter’s location. During the campaign, from A...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Consumers are bearing the costs of swipe fees, reports The Balance. The average U.S. household paid $724 a year for credit card fees in 2020, whether or not they used cards, according to an analysis by CMSPI, an independent global payments consultancy, which is $2...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Conexxus will present a webinar, “The Connected Car: What Does This Mean for Convenience Retail?,” on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 12 p.m. ET. This session will explore the importance of the connected car and the opportunity it unlocks. The webinar is sponsored by NACS, w...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—DoorDash has announced 10- to 15-minute deliveries to customers in New York City, according to Fast Company. DoorDash says it will deliver from “DashMart,” a warehouse in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood that will stock more than 2,000 grocery items, household...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Holiday spending could be 11.5% more this year than last year, according to CNBC, which is much higher than predicted. The National Retail Federation (NRF) projected spending to be between 8.5% and 10.5% higher than last year. NRF said it expects sales in November...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A new CBD bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, reports Natural Products Insider. The CBD Product Safety and Standardization Act of 2021 would establish standards for hemp-derived CBD in food and direct the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...
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