Vendgogh’s vending system allows customers to purchase cold drinks at the pump. Douglass Distributing Retail Co. is partnering with Vendgogh LLC to pilot gas island vending at their Lone Star Food Store No. 50 in Sherman, Texas—the first installation of its kind in the state of Texas. Vendgogh’s patented, UL-approved vending systems integrates seamlessly with [...]
Report shows a $2.6 billion decrease when compared to the $37.1 billion loss recorded in the previous report. Retail theft, including shoplifting, employee theft, administrative error and vendor fraud is down, according to an annual survey recently conducted by the University of Florida with a funding grant from ADT Commercial Security, soon to be Tyco [...]
Revenue building enhancements, such as changes to SoftGloss MAXX, Radius, Pulse and Conveyor, increase wash counts and trim costs for car wash operators. Ryko Solutions Inc., a full spectrum car wash equipment, chemicals and service supplier in North America, is ready for a summer of increased wash counts, reduced costs, and more profitable car washes [...]
Fuel dispenser line emphasizes design, security and advanced technology. Wayne, a global innovator of fuel dispensers and technologies, has announced the arrival of the Wayne Helix fuel dispenser line, emphasizing intelligent design, transaction security and advanced technology. Wayne developed Helix as the result of extensive research working closely with customers, retailers and users from around [...]
On Wed., June 13, Bit9 presented a Webinar titled “Protecting POS Systems: Kwik Trip Inc. Shares Their Experience.” Bit9 stops advanced persistent threats by combining real-time sensors, cloud-based software reputation services, continuous monitoring and trust-based application control and whitelisting—eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and unauthorized software. Managing Data Threats As data relevance grows, [...]
Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Shell Oil Products US and Motiva Enterprises LLC signed an agreement, letting Gilbarco offer Passport services to Shell-branded gas stations. Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Shell Oil Products US and Motiva Enterprises LLC (Shell) signed an agreement to let Gilbarco provide Passport service offerings to thousands of Shell-branded stations in the U.S. The agreement gives Shell-branded [...]
Mobile technology is changing the retail landscape, offering a bevy of options for retailers to consider. By Erin Rigik, Associate Editor. In today’s ever-evolving world of mobile payment technology, anyone with a mobile phone can take credit card payments, from a neighbor running a garage sale to an entrepreneur building a small business. Now, this [...]
Bit9 and Kwik Trip are offering a Webcast to help retailers better protect their businesses from breaches. Some 85% of the breaches that occurred in 2011 involved POS terminals and servers, according to a 2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report. Retailers understand the growing challenges they face in securing their POS systems, but many remain [...]
The Pinnacle Corporation plans to launch its new Handheld Inventory Management solutions as part of the Manager Workstation product line. Pinnacle’s Retail C-Store Solution Suite offers features for convenience store retailers to control inventories, and the new Handheld Inventory Management solutions provides an extension of those features onto the store floor. The device helps store [...]
CITGO integrates new loyalty system with the help of Pinnacle. CITGO announced that Loyalink, its loyalty platform, has been approved as a new offering with its Loyalty Bucks program. Loyalink allows retailers to create customized programs for their organizations and customer bases. CITGO partnered with a small group of loyalty solution and service providers in [...]
Acumera wants to prepare convenience stores better for PCI audits and network management with the new C-Store Connections Package. Acumera, a leader in trusted connection services for retail organizations, announced Wednesday at the NACStech conference that the company created the C-Store Connections Package. The new package is an integrated platform designed to help with convenience [...]
Telvent GIT, S.A., a leading real-time IT solutions and information provider, announced the release of its DTN Guardian3 Terminal Automation Solution. It offers new information management functionalities and security features that reflect industry-specified capabilities. It is effective in optimizing real-world oil and gas terminal operations for North American customers. Upgrades to the DTN Guardian3 Terminal [...]
Maverik convenience stores is one of 30 merchants that plans to use the NFC payment system this summer. This summer, customers in Salt Lake City, Utah and Austin, Texas will be able to buy products at convenience stores with a wave of their smartphones instead of handing over cash or a credit card to a [...]
Jackson’s Food Stores turns to Acumera for all of its network integration and management, says Patrick Abernathy. Meridian, Idaho-based Jacksons Food Stores Inc. chose Acumera to manage its network and connections with the chain’s 200 retail locations with more than 1,900 store systems. With Acumera, Jackson’s Food Stores will have more information security, connectivity and [...]
Suit alleges that Chopper Shopper Fuel Rewards program infringes on patents owned by Excentus. Excentus Corp. has filed a patent and trademark infringement lawsuit against QuikTrip Corp., Midax, Inc. and several companies operating Price Chopper grocery stores. The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri for unspecified damages, [...]