CSP Magazine – What C-Store Retailers Need to Do to Succeed in 2025
This article, by W. Capra’s Tom Newbould as a guest author, was published in the February 2025 edition of CSP […]
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Should You Be Installing a Retail Charge Point Network?
As EV adoption continues to rise, retailers who own real estate face a critical decision on whether, and how, to implement a charge point network. Often described as a nexus of charge points that enables EV owners to charge their vehicles, track which charge points they engage with, and predictably know which adapters are available, charge point networks can deliver long-term benefits to retailers as well as consumers.
Impact 21 Makes Strategic Investment in Energy’s Future
Lexington, KY, August 30, 2023 – Impact 21, a consulting firm that enables the specialty retail, convenience, and energy channels […]
Top Trends Every Retailer Should Be Aware of for 2023
2023 marks the fourth year of a decade that began with a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic that transformed the retail industry. As supply chain issues and other economic challenges caused by the pandemic continue to fester, retailers are finding a new normal with hybrid shopping. This means retailers have even more opportunities to create new offerings and optimize the consumer journey.
When to Prepare for EV
Though there remains ongoing debate around how to best deploy the EV infrastructure, and although internal combustion vehicles will surely remain in market for a long time to come, the tipping point for national EV adoption remains an inevitability.
How should petroleum marketers plan remaining a relevant energy provider to consumers as drivers migrate to electric vehicles?
The Federal government and myriad states continue to plow forward in setting new laws and providing consumer incentives to push the market towards a critical mass of electric vehicles. For petroleum marketers, the change in how vehicles will “fuel” is a cause for transformation as well. Do petroleum marketers want to maintain their relationships with their current fuel customers and provide charging stations for them to continue to come to their sites?
Not All Fleets Are Created Equal
Whether an organization maintains an existing fleet offering or they’re evaluating fleet as a new opportunity, one of the most common barriers that retailers face when attempting to gain incremental market share is that their offering assumes a universal need across the fleet portfolio. In reality, the needs that over-the-road (OTR) fleet users require in a program will vary starkly from the use cases that light commercial vehicles will demand.
How should petroleum marketers think about electric vehicles and their impact?
As the number of electric vehicles on the road begins to climb, gas station operators need to begin thinking about how they will keep consumers who have long filled up their gasoline engines on their lots. For petroleum marketers looking to be early movers, the lack of mass adoption of electric vehicles, combined with differing charging products available in the market, make it difficult to come up with a clear strategy.
The Liability Shift for Outside Payment Fraud at Gas Stations is Looming
There are efficiencies that can be gained with any hardware or software upgrade, especially with a project as intensive as becoming Outdoor EMV compliant.
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