Charming Charlie

pymnts | March 17, 2020

As staffers need time away from work to tend to their children, or they become ill, supermarket companies are speeding up hiring to have workers able to fulfill eCommerce orders or operate stores. The leaders of big chains had a call with the White House on Sunday in which they asked President Donald Trump to tell U.S. consumers to refrain from stockpiling merchandise and noted they were committed to remaining in operation, The Dallas Morning News reported. Chief executives for Tom Thumb/Alberts...

syracuse | February 26, 2020

Wegmans is in a three-way tie for the top spot in the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index report on retail and consumer shipping. Wegmans shares the lead in this year's index with Trader Joe's and Texas-based grocer H-E-B. All three chains scored 84 out of 100 on the 2019-2020 index, which was released Tuesday. The chains not only shared the top spot among grocery stores, but scored the highest for satisfaction across the entire retail sector. The current report was marked largel...

Cloud Based POS

Dover Fueling Solutions, Tokheim | May 13, 2021

Dover Fueling Solutions ("DFS"), a subsidiary of Dover and a leading global provider of advanced customer-focused technology, services, and solutions in the fuel and convenience retail industries, has launched DX Retail, a component of the DFS DX connected solutions platform. DX Retail provides retail fueling owners with various site locations with a highly versatile and intuitive system that allows them to centrally control and upgrade their Tokheim Fuel point-of-sale (POS) systems. Read More

theguardian | February 04, 2020

Macy’s announced on Tuesday that it will close 125 stores and axe 2,000 jobs, becoming the latest shopping giant to shutter shops amid a radical reordering of the retail landscape. The department store chain plans to exit weaker shopping malls and focus on opening smaller-format stores in strip malls.“We are taking the organization through significant structural change to lower costs, bring teams closer together and reduce duplicative work,” Jeff Gennette, Macy’s chief ex...