Retail Insights

May 06, 2021  |  by Reint Jan Holterman

Many fuel retailers fostered brand loyalty by handing out dedicated fuel cards and fleet cards, offering the possibility to accrue loyalty points for each liter or gallon of fuel purchased. These points could then be spent on non-fuel items in the store. With the shift in focus from fuel to convenience, the relevancy of these type of fuel-centric loyalty programs is evaporating. Fuel retailers must look for other ways to keep customers coming back, and to distinguish themselves.

April 06, 2021  |  by Reint Jan Holterman

There’s a transformation taking place in the Fuel & Convenience retail market. It’s not just the energy transition from oil-based fuel to synthetic e-fuel, it is also the transition in focus from the forecourt to the c-store. We are witnessing c-stores increasingly becoming part of a larger retail trend, and we’re seeing grocery and convenience retailers growing “towards each other”.

March 24, 2021  |  by Diebold Nixdorf

With a feature-rich POS environment and options to extend to self-service kiosks, now you can efficiently operate your back office and manage inventory, retail pricing and suppliers. Enhance your loyalty and engagement programs, and access real-time dashboards on your most critical business KPIs.

March 16, 2021  |  by Diebold Nixdorf

In this episode of COMMERCE NOW we discuss fuel and convenience and how things have changed and continue to change and what fuel and convenience retailers need to do to keep up with these changes.

January 07, 2021  |  by Reint Jan Holterman

As we all know, “the times, they are a-changin” and retailers will have to support new types of journeys in 2021 that acknowledge the reduction in physical interactions between consumers and staff while in store,

November 23, 2020  |  by Reint Jan Holterman

Due to COVID-19, fuel & convenience retailers need new technologies that promote low- and no- contact shopping journey's.

January 29, 2020  |  by Reint Jan Holterman

As consumer focus is shifting from “fuel-plus” to “plus-fuel,” the c-store is gaining more importance – and with that, different types of loyalty programs that go above and beyond “loyalty points per gallon of fuel” are needed.

November 14, 2019  |  by Reint Jan Holterman

C-stores already have the proximity and are located on prime locations – all they need now is to double down on speed and convenience to become an absolute winner in today’s changing retail landscape!

October 30, 2019  |  by Diebold Nixdorf

How to Make Your C-Store More Convenient Than Ever Before

October 17, 2019  |  by Reint Jan Holterman

The fuel and convenience industry focus is shifting in response to emerging customer trends. Our retail expert shares his three takeaways from NACS 2019.