AMAZON BRINGS ITS CASHIERLESS TECH TO TWO WHOLE FOODS STORES
08/09/21 CNBC KEY POINTS Amazon is launching its cashierless technology at two Whole Foods stores that are scheduled to open next year. The company has deployed the “Just Walk Out” technology to a growing number of store formats, including at several Fresh grocery stores and in its Go convenience stores. AMZN Amazon is bringing its automated checkout technology to a pair of Whole Foods stores, the company announced Wednesday, marking the latest test of the grab-and-go system in a full-size supermarket. In a blog post, Amazon said the technology, called “Just Walk Out,” is coming to two Whole Foods locations scheduled to open in 2022. One store will be located in the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and the other in Sherman Oaks, California. Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” technology allows shoppers to enter a store by scanning an app and exit without needing to stand in a checkout line. Cameras and…
Read MoreKOREAN FIRMS TO USE PETROL STATIONS AS LOGISTICS HUBS
20/09/21 Inside Retail With the expansion of the ‘quick commerce market’, which offers guaranteed delivery within an hour, South Korean firms are employing gas stations as warehouses and logistics hubs. It has become a new alignment of interest between the quick commerce industry that needs logistics hubs in the heart of the city, and gas stations in search of a breakthrough as they struggle from dwindling sales with the emergence of eco-friendly cars. Shinsegae Property, property development unit of retail giant Shinsegae Group, signed an agreement with Koramco Energy Plus REITs to begin the development of gas station sites. The plan is to turn idle spaces at 187 gas stations owned by REITs into logistics hubs. Major logistics company CJ Logistics also signed an agreement with oil refinery and gas station operator SK Energy late last month to use their gas stations as logistics hubs. The plan is to set…
Read MoreEG Group video interview exclusive
Q3 2021 Global Convenience Store Focus Shop Talk Live In this Shop Talk LIVE ‘Special’ we interview IIyas Munshi, Group Commercial Director for leading international forecourt convenience retail operator, EG Group at Mill Farm Services, one of the latest, highly innovative sites located in the North West of the UK featuring multiple branded food offers and drive thrus. Ilyas provides us with a global update and we discuss EG Group’s journey so far with commentary from NCR’s David Hodgson, Shopworks MD Craig Phillipson and NACS Global Director Mark Wohltmann. These are some of the points we covered in the interview. EG work with 60 brands globally, tell us about them? Have these brands partnerships been key to EG’s expansion? Tell us about plans going forward working with Asda? Did you see the pandemic as an opportunity to move even faster? How? There are many retailer success stories in National markets,…
Read MoreAGL ACCELERATES ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, EXPANDING TO ADELAIDE
16/09/21 PV Magazine Australia AGL is expanding its Electric Vehicle (EV) subscription service to Adelaide, giving South Australians the opportunity to take the wheel of an EV without committing to ownership. Since piloting in 2020, AGL’s EV subscriptions have been successfully launched in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. AGL executive general manager future business & technology, John Chambers said AGL is committed to making EVs more accessible, breaking down the common barriers of cost and charging installation. “We are excited to launch in Adelaide and help customers make the switch to EVs, enabling South Australians to be in the driver’s seat today,” Chambers said. “As a state generated largely by renewable sources, we know South Australians are embracing new technologies and developments that support a cleaner energy future. “With plans for the SA government to increase the uptake of EVs and smart charging by 2025, we believe now is a great…
Read MoreLightsource bp supercharges solar growth
20/09/21 Australian Financial Review The solar power offshoot of British oil and gas giant bp has shrugged off grid bottleneck concerns and doubled its growth target in Australia after securing $US1.8 billion ($2.5 billion) in financing to accelerate its global expansion. Lightsource bp, Europe’s largest solar developer which is 50 per cent owned by the oil company, aims to develop at least 2 gigawatts of large-scale solar generation capacity in Australia by mid-decade, up from an earlier goal of 1 GW, said country manager Adam Pegg. Power from Lightsource bp’s Wellington solar farm in NSW is sold to Snowy Hydro. Globally, the firm will use the funding to expand its 3.8 GW portfolio of developed solar projects to a massive 25 GW by 2025, likely to make it the world’s biggest solar developer and owner. Mr Pegg said Lightsource bp would also look to enter markets in Asia-Pacific supported by the…
Read MoreASDA ADDS MORE C-STORES TO PETROL STATIONS
More than 200 stores are coming to EG Group-owned fueling locations. September 08, 2021www.convenience.org LONDON—Asda on the Move convenience stores, owned by British supermarket Asda, are coming to nearly 230 petrol station forecourts owned by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa, according to Reuters and BBC. The c-stores will be located at petrol stations controlled by EG Group, the brothers’ business. “Our plans to roll out Asda on the Move will bring Asda to new customers, enabling them to pick up food-to-go, essentials for an evening meal or treat themselves to premium Extra Special products from a range of convenient locations,” the Issa brothers said. The c-stores will be no more than 3,000 square feet and sell as many as 2,500 products, and EG Group will receive the products from Asda at a wholesale cost. In October 2020, NACS Daily reported that Walmart agreed to sell its stake in U.K. grocer Asda to Mohsin and Zuber…
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