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7-Eleven Opening First Sports Venue Location At Texas Motor Speedway

7-Eleven Inc. is off to the races. The convenience retailer will open its first location at a professional sports venue this month. The store will open at Texas Motor Speedway in time for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Playoff weekend from Oct. 27 until Nov. 5. The tripleheader features the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World […]

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Loop Neighborhood Opens Two New Locations

Loop Neighborhood, an all-in-one convenience store and marketplace, has opened two new California locations in Silver Creek and Norco. Loop was built upon the philosophy that nutrition and convenience should not be mutually exclusive. To do this, the company says it set out to change the conventional image of convenience stores in order to redefine what […]

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NACS Concerned About New Swipe Fee Settlement


The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) has raised concerns about the latest settlement announced in the Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1720). “The broken swipe-fee system will not be fixed simply by Visa and MasterCard throwing some money to merchants,” said Lyle Beckwith, NACS SVP for government relations. “These […]

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FDA Sharpens Enforcement On Youth E-Cigarette Sales

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stepped up a series of enforcement actions related to the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes to youth. On Sept. 12, the agency announced it had issued more than 1,300 warning letters and civil money penalty complaints (fines) to retailers who illegally sold Juul and other e-cigarette products to […]

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7-Eleven’s Stout Promoted Following Delgado Jenkins’ Retirement

7-Eleven has promoted Jack Stout, SVP of merchandising, to SVP of merchandising, marketing and demand chain. Stout succeeds Jesus Delgado Jenkins, former EVP and chief merchandising officer, who retired in June. Stout is responsible for the company’s merchandising operations, category management, new product introductions, new category and profit center development, store sets, marketing and merchandise […]

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Ricker’s Bringing Hybrid Checkout Platform To All Stores

C-store chain Ricker’s is rolling out a new checkout experience with Skip, a mobile checkout platform, to all of its 58 Indiana stores. The retailer describes the technology as a hybrid of mobile pay and AmazonGo’s “just walk out” program. Ricker’s says the mission of its partnership with Skip is to provide a best-in-class c-store […]

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Dallas Personal Safety Startup Sees Solid Growth At Retail

When Blingsting co-founder Andi Atteberry’s dad kept buying her keychain pepper spray while she was in college, he thought he was doing his job as a dad to protect his daughter. But she never carried it because the product was ugly and boring, says Atteberry. The Atteberry family joked that if someone would make pepper spray […]

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Wex, Kum & Go Renew Fuel Card Program Partnership

Wex has renewed its agreement with Kum & Go to operate and market the company’s commercial fuel card program. Under terms of the contract, the companies will continue to collaborate to increase sales and marketing resources that further drive Kum & Go’s retail business growth. Wex manages private label and universal fleet cards for Kum […]