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A CHAT WITH RETAILER EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR BRIAN HANNASCH

06 January 2020

Don Longo  12/20/2019 LAVAL, Quebec — Brian Hannasch has led the tremendous expansion of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ACT), driving organic…

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Volkswagen Unveils Robot That Autonomously Charges Electric Cars

06 January 2020

Charging Buddy Dec 27, 2019 German automaker Volkswagen has unveiled a robot that can autonomously charge your electric car without…

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‘Nobody is winning’: businesses go cold on food delivery platforms

06 January 2020

Cara Waters December 29, 2019 The Age The turning point for Vincent Piccolo came when Uber Eats cancelled a gelati…

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AACS: 2020 VISION

06 January 2020

January 2020 Jeff Rogut CEO AACS The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) is the champion of the convenience industry…

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The Starbucks of China Is Paving a New Future for Retail. Will It Pay Off?

06 January 2020

The Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee is staking its future on two bold ideas. First, that a tech-driven retail model…

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Service station in bushfire-ravaged town is blasted for DOUBLING the price of bottled water

06 January 2020

This story below shows how vigilant our industry must be n times of crisis. Whether an error or not the…

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Turning Grocery & Fast-Food Shoppers Into Convenience Foodservice Fans

06 January 2020

Angela Hanson 12/30/2019 CSNews NATIONAL REPORT — As convenience store operators rise up in the foodservice echelon, and the lines…

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How retail will change radically in the next five years

06 January 2020

Sue Mitchell Jan 2, 2020 AFR Shopping in Australia may still feel more like the Flintstones than the Jetsons, but…

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FDA RELEASES FINAL GUIDANCE BANNING FLAVORED CARTRIDGE-BASED E-CIGARETTES

06 January 2020

January 2, 2020 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published final guidance banning most flavored…

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Smaller is beautiful too for Dan Murphy’s

06 January 2020

Sue Mitchell Jan 3, 2020 AFR Dan Murphy’s, which carved out a 30 per cent share of the $16 billion…

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Caltex rebrand strengthens Couche-Tard’s stance on value

06 January 2020

Angela Macdonald-Smith Senior Resources Writer Jan 6, 2020 AFR Caltex Australia’s looming loss of its household brand name may play…

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Tech Startup Raises $30 Million for Cashierless Software

15 December 2019

Accel Robotics’ camera-based AI and computer vision system allows any shopper to enter a store, grab the items they want,…

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