California continues to lead the pack in terms of states implementing and enforcing consumer data privacy rights. Shortly after CCPA enforcement started, the California Attorney General (AG) issued a series of warning notices to various businesses. The content of those letters is confidential, but during a recent conference the Supervising Deputy AG shared some information…
Month: October 2020
Protecting Consumer Privacy
Listen to our resident data privacy expert, Danny Omiliak, discuss data privacy on the latest Convenience Matters podcast episode #253 Protecting Consumer Privacy! During the podcast, Danny and Paige Anderson from NACS discuss data privacy rights, and the implications of those rights on the convenience and retail fuels industry as well as everyday individuals. In…
Use Six Sigma Methodology to Optimize Your Business
While it’s been a challenge to continue operating during COVID-19, adaptive ways of working have provided an opportunity to improve and optimize the current business models. Let’s look at how the restaurant industry was transformed: Restaurants were forced to adapt to curbside service and/or delivery or close their doors, and processes had to be implemented…
October 9 COVID Update: Midwest and Great Plains See Continued Growth
The following summary and its attached report are the twenty-second in the ongoing series by the W. Capra Data Science team on the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the industries we service over time. The previous reports can be found in the following links: April 14, April 23, April 30, May 6, May 13,…
Behind the Numbers of the 2020 Technology Study
This article originally appeared in Convenience Store News. Convenience Store News’ online content can be found here. It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about technology momentum. The impacts of COVID-19 clearly show the tech influence on ways that businesses must now operate. For those retailers participating in the 2020 Convenience Store News…