08/05/21 C Store Decisions Savvy c-stores are mastering cashierless check-in before turning their attention to frictionless checkout. Autonomous checkout announcements by 7-Eleven, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Tesco, MasterCard and 60-plus other pilots from 100-plus different suppliers indicate what a liminal moment it is for c-store point of sale (POS) systems. The average age of most POS platforms […]
10/05/21 Payments Journal WASHINGTON, May 7, 2021 – The National Retail Federation welcomed today’s announcement by the Federal Reserve that it plans to clarify that banks must allow retailers to decide where to route online debit card transactions for processing the same as they do with in-store debit transactions. “When Congress said routing was up […]
23/03/21 AFR Aldi Australia plans to open smaller stores in urban locations and launch an e-commerce offer, possibly later this year, to underpin the next stage of growth as it nears its original 600-store target. Twenty years after opening its first store, in Marrickville in January 2001, Aldi opened 24 stores in 2020 and plans […]
07/05/21 Australian Financial Review Australia lags the world in the adoption of electric vehicles, despite compelling arguments in favour of reducing carbon emissions and weaning the country off imported fuel. Australia’s fragmented and dysfunctional approach to the introduction of electric vehicles is a source of enormous frustration for Nick Deeks, the managing director of quantity surveyors WT […]
08/05/21 Inside FMCG Sales of non-alcoholic drinks at BWS and Dan Murphy’s stores across Australia doubled during the last year. Endeavour Group’s sales data shows non-alcoholic drinks has become one of the fastest-growing categories across the two chains’ stores. Head of merchandise transformation at Endeavour Group, Bree Coleman, said the growing demand for non-alcoholic drinks […]
11/05/21 Daily Mail, UK Aldi Australia plans to convert a supermarket into a small format ‘corner store’ Supermarket chain submitted development application to North Sydney Council Chain hopes to transform existing North Sydney outlet into a new concept store The urban-style outlet plans to feature a new layout and a ‘hole in the wall’ cafe […]
