Category: Business

No matter the terminology you use — pre-landers, presell pages, or gateway pages — website bridge pages are a valuable marketing tool that helps qualify leads, rather than simply converting any visitor who discovers a landing page. Bridge pages act as a buffer between the referring traffic source and the landing page. This helps to […]

Dive Brief: GetGo Café + Market, the c-store arm of supermarket chain Giant Eagle, will open its first new-build c-store with a drive-thru lane on Feb. 2, according to an emailed announcement. Located in Mentor, Ohio — about 24 miles northeast of downtown Cleveland — the store will offer GetGo’s made-to-order foodservice program and online […]

C-store candy sales soared 12.2% to $7.5 billion in 2022, according to IRI and 210 Analytics, driven in large part by price inflation but also by growing enthusiasm from consumers looking to add a little indulgence to their lives. And experts predict continued strong growth this year.  The convenience channel is closing in on grocery as […]

As a tech leader, you should ensure that your teams are always learning. They should have the space to challenge the status quo and experiment with new technologies and approaches. If that isn’t happening, there’s a good chance any transformation effort will stall, or worse, be abandoned. To avoid this, it can be helpful to […]

A roundup of our most popular articles about open source technology from last year February 1, 2023 | %t min read According to Red Hat’s 2022 State of Enterprise Open Source report, 82 percent of IT leaders are choosing open source. Open source solutions are making their mark across many different industries including healthcare, retail, […]

Dive Brief: Convenience store chain Weigel’s Stores has signed on with retail service provider GSP to update its point-of-purchase (POP) marketing, according to an emailed press release. The new agreement will provide the chain’s 73 locations with store-specific marketing materials and management. GSP’s POP plans uses store-specific fulfillment software to send the exact promotional and […]

Convenience store retailer Maverik opened a new location in Magna, Utah, last week, marking the chain’s 400th store in its network, according to a recent announcement. The new location is just over 5,000 square feet and is open 24/7. It features certified truck scales, truck and RV lanes, an RV dump, a picnic area, assisted-checkout registers […]

With more wanting to become entrepreneurs, it’s only natural to be excited and want to get things up and running. After all, who doesn’t want to be their own boss of a revolutionary startup? As exciting as the idea is, it’s equally important to understand that getting a startup off the ground doesn’t happen overnight. […]

News has surfaced over the past couple of weeks that Blackburn, U.K.-based c-store giant EG Group may be looking to sell its assets in the U.S. in an effort to relieve billions in debt. EG Group, which operates domestically as EG America, came out of nowhere in 2018 when it acquired Kroger’s 762-site c-store network. […]

Dive Brief: Food retailer and distributor SpartanNash has named Ryan Speakes vice president of fuel center and convenience stores, effective immediately, according to a Monday announcement. Speakes, who previously spent over 15 years with Speedway and 7-Eleven, will oversee SpartanNash’s 37 fuel centers, most of which include a c-store and are co-located with one of […]