7-Eleven's Holistic Approach To Convenience, Plus Zara Digitizes Pop-Ups And Consumers Skip Frappucino Happy Hour.
 
 
 
 
 
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The High-Touch Digital Future Of Convenience Commerce, According To 7-Eleven
 

Has Amazon Go come to kill the traditional convenience store? The team at 7-Eleven, the world’s largest chain of c-store locations, is not that worried, despite the copious buzz Amazon has received. According to its newly hired CIO, Gurmeet Singh, 7-Eleven is already building toward the redefined needs of digital customers. It's also offering a host of high-touch services for a large class of them who rely on the company's multifaceted commerce and financial offerings.

 
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NEW DATA: Solving eCom’s $200B Checkout Conversion Problem
 

Online merchants have a glass half-empty problem: They drove roughly $400 billion in sales in 2017, but friction-filled checkout processes amounted to $200 billion in lost opportunities for those that didn’t optimize the experience for consumers. The latest Checkout Conversion Index™ contains more than 500 data points from a random sample of 750 merchants — a sample that accounts for 70 percent of online sales (sans Amazon) — to identify what makes a top-performing online merchant and which segments lead and lag compared to the medianRead More...

 
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Starbucks’ Frappuccino Happy Hour Doesn’t Produce Expected Sales Results
 

Starbucks has sought to drive traffic into its stores and increase brand loyalty through its Frappuccino Happy Hour since 2010, but the promotion hasn’t always worked all that well for the coffee retailer. During a 2017 conference call, CFO Scott Maw noted it hadn't raised sales of non-discounted drinks as much as expected, and the Frappuccino promotions may even be weakening sales in the company’s stores in Japan. Here’s how it all started, and which promotion Starbucks could turn to in the future to boost salesRead More...

 
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Amazon Go Has Its Roots In A 1920s Texas Ice Retailer
 

While many consumers might take them for granted, the concept of a convenience store came to market in earnest less than 100 years ago as a small offering of household staples at a Texas ice dock. Then, in the 1990s, gas stations began using C-stores to increase profitability. The business continues to evolve today, with Amazon getting into the market with its Amazon Go offering. Here’s how that first Texas store started and where convenience stores may be headed in the future.  Read More...

 
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