Technology

U.S.-based family business operations more than 600 convenience, cafe and fuel locations.

The co-directors of McGill University’s Retail Innovation Lab explore how new technologies and shifting consumer behaviours are converging to revolutionize the retail experience.

Program launched in Sweden, with plans to expand it across the Circle K network in the next few years.

The frictionless technology, called Amazon One, lets shoppers scan the palm of their hand and connect it to a credit card or Amazon account. After the initial set up, shoppers can scan their hand at the register to pay for groceries without having to open their wallets.

In February, Metro started ramping up operations in its new semi-automated produce distribution centre in Toronto.

The second wave of implementation will expand the program to 3,000 more stores throughout North America during fiscal 2022.

The new lab at McGill's Bensadoun School of Retail Management will enable ground-breaking research and test innovations, including frictionless technologies.

When the founders of PizzaForno began rolling out automated, around-the-clock pizza ovens in Canada, they spent months perfecting recipes.

Greater convenience and better data make current POS essential tools to success At Calgary’s new iWash, operator Kunal Patel sought simplicity and he found it with his Point-of-Sale (POS) system.

Now that we are experiencing a momentous shift in how the convenience store industry operates is clear, but where do we go from here?

There’s been many anecdotes about people cooking more, gardening more, online shopping more and adopting more pets in the last few months.

Parkland Corporation is collaborating with Amazon Web Services to use analytics in order to improve its logistics and enable frictionless commerce.