Convenience stores’ recent moves into the metaverse bely industry-wide confusion about their value proposition. Take, for instance, 7-Eleven. Korea Seven, a franchisee of the convenience retail giant in South Korea, is gearing up to debut a concept for a metaverse store wherein avatars can eat...
Even as some grocers turn to next-gen payment solutions, traditional self-checkout continues to expand. Most recently, grocery chain Weis Markets, which operates about 200 stores across seven East Coast states, announced that it was implementing Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions’ Elera platform chainwide in a move...
There’s a new sheriff in town in this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps. Using a proprietary combination of publicly available information and app usage data to which PYMNTS has access, we rank restaurants’ mobile order-ahead apps each month, letting you know...
Amazon is expanding its checkout technology beyond its home city. On Tuesday (April 19), multiple outlets reported that the tech and retail giant has implemented its Amazon One payment technology, by which consumers pay by hovering their palms over a biometric scanning device, at a...
July 14, 2020
As the United States experiences a coin shortage due to the pandemic, some brick-and-mortar retailers are forcing consumers to tell cashiers to “keep the change.” Kroger is the largest chain so far to do so, temporarily refusing to give coins out as change. Customers can either round up their bills to the nearest dollar and […]
May 04, 2020
Financial institutions (FIs) face tough decisions when trying to keep their clients safe. Customers and merchants rely on their banks and credit unions (CUs) to ensure they have secure, convenient online...
May 25, 2017
The road to offering mobile order ahead has been traveled by many restaurants of late. The methods vary, but the motivations are usually similar: the desire to offer a better...
January 12, 2020
America’s eating habits are seeing a shift towards gas stations and convenience stores, as many peoples’ favorite eateries include chains like Wawa, Sheetz and Kwik Trip now. All three of those chains have noticed the desire among consumers for quick, easy meals, espresso, Kombucha and a wide array of snacks. The overhaul comes amid the […]
December 27, 2019
Multiple lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in Philadelphia over a data breach at Wawa convenience stores, which affected 850 locations along the East Coast of the U.S.,...
December 20, 2019
Gas station and convenience store chain Wawa said it discovered a data breach in which thousands of customers’ debit and credit card information was stolen, according to a report by...
January 26, 2015
Giant coffee chains Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts may have rolled out their mobile payment and loyalty apps nationwide, but that’s no reason regional chains can’t get in on the action,...
