Technology

It’s not yet common to see self-checkout options in the convenience and gas space, but self-checkout innovations can help streamline c-store and gas operations.

Half of respondents of the Canadian poll stated the practice is unfair because it can result in people paying different prices for the same product.

Finance Minister Adrien Sala says a bill introduced in the legislature last week is aimed at ensuring shoppers won't be charged different prices for the same product from the same store.

Retailer sees agentic AI shopping—where AI assists people in researching, comparing and buying products—as a natural evolution of how customers want to shop.

Protecting people: Safer stores, stronger businesses with Jeff Brownlee, Convenience Industry Council of Canada; David Button, North Sun Energy; Michael Carroll, McDougall Energy; Amedeo Catenaro, INS Market; and Jay Meloff, Axon.

Amazon Go, chain of convenience stores in the United States and the United Kingdom, broke new ground in 2018 with frictionless checkout.

As the definition of convenience shifts, c-stores of all sizes are meeting customers where they’re at—increasingly, it’s their front door.

Expansion comes after successful European deployment of the platform.