Sinclair Oil has approved Sound Payments’ Sound Easy Pump and has started installations, making it simple for thousands of stations to become EMV-compliant. “The ease of installation, automatic upgrades, hardware replacement warranty, all-in-one units, excellent reporting and details through the site portal made Sound Easy Pump the best choice,” said Alex Hattenhauer, owner of Hattenhauer…

Convenience industry e-commerce provider Vroom Delivery has partnered with Trustly, a global leader in online banking payments, to allow consumers to pay directly with their bank accounts when ordering online. Doing so will cut the average processing fees typically paid to credit card networks by more than half. When customers check out on the Vroom…

Amazon Go announced it will expand its store portfolio in the coming months to include a new store format to serve customers in suburban-area locations that are closer to their homes. The first store of this kind will be located at 13209 39th Ave. SE, Suite 101, Mill Creek, WA 98012. Amazon Go also plans…

Hanwha Techwin will announce a new range of quick checkout (QCO) solutions for retailers of all sizes at NRF 2022 in New York. With the new QCO A5 model, shoppers simply place their purchases on a conveyor belt, and without requiring additional human interaction, the system will automatically scan each item using 360-degree vision-based barcode […]

Digital delivery platform Gopuff announced the launch of its new private-label curated product line — Basically, — trademarked with the word followed by a comma. The new line’s intended to give customers access to high-quality snacks, water and home essentials at a value price. Basically, bottled water is the first product to be live on…

U.S. online alcohol sales reached $6.1 billion in 2021 with more growth expected in 2022, according to a report based on exclusive industry data released this week by Rabobank. The “2022 Alcohol E-commerce Playbook” report focuses on the growth of alcohol e-commerce sales since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the reaction from consumers, retailers…

The Merchants Payments Coalition this week called on Congress and federal agencies to “look closely” at Amazon’s recent announcement that it would stop accepting Visa credit cards in the UK. Even though Amazon changed its mind this week, MPC said the high “swipe” fees that prompted the move are much higher in the United States…

Coca‑Cola with Coffee Mocha hits shelves next month, joining the already available Dark Blend, Vanilla, Caramel and Vanilla Zero Sugar in the ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee aisle. Since launching in January 2021, the hybrid innovation has given consumers a refreshing reset to their daily routines with a pioneering proposition that “sips like a Coke and finishes like…

7-Eleven announced that it upgraded its 7NOW delivery app with the new 7NOW Gold Pass subscription delivery service, where customers can get their delivery fee waived on a choice of more than 3,000 of 7-Eleven’s products: anything from hot, fresh food and drinks to household items, snacks, groceries and more. For $5.95 a month, customers…

Choice Market, in partnership with St. Louis-based Health Hospitality Partners (HHP), created the first autonomous market in a health care setting. Dubbed Mini-Mart, the concept will launch on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the second quarter. It will feature Choice Now, a technology that uses artificial intelligence and cameras to check out…