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      June 18 COVID Update: Continued Case Acceleration in the South and Southwest

      The following summary and its attached report are the tenth in 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: first report, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth.…

      June 18, 2020 by wcapra No comment(s) DIGITAL+, PAYMENTS+, PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ business impacts, covid data, covid trends, Petro, second wave
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      NACS Show: Innovating Like a Start Up

      The following originally appeared in Convenience Store Decisions and features W. Capra Senior Consultant, Jim Duboyce. Sheetz aims to empower an incubator team to strategize new initiatives for Sheetz that will position it for the future. In a Sunday, Oct. 7 educational session on innovating like a start up, Moderator Jim Duboyce, senior consultant, W. Capra Consulting,…

      October 9, 2018 by wcapra No comment(s) CAPRAplus, DIGITAL+, LOYALTY+, PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ Convenience Store, innovation, Loyalty, Payments, Petro
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      Salty Snacks Charge Forward

      The below article, which includes quotations from W. Capra Executive Consultant Ed Collupy, has been re-posted from Convenience Store Decisions. The original article can be found here. As more consumers are shifting to healthier and protein-filled salty snacks as meal replacements, c-stores are well positioned to reap the rewards. By Lisa White, Contributing Editor The…

      September 18, 2018 by wcapra No comment(s) PETRO+ C-Store, convenience, Petro, Petroleum, private label, retail margin, snacks
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      The Annual Expedition - A Look at NRF's Big Show

      The following story is reposted from Convenience Store Decisions and is written by W. Capra Executive Consultant, Ed Collupy. Innovation in 2018 will be about retailer & solution provider collaboration, thinking about not only the new, but extending what’s in place today. It’s a journey that more convenience/petro retailers and service providers, large and small…

      January 29, 2018 by wcapra No comment(s) CAPRAplus, PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ Big Show, C-Store, Convenience Store, NRF, Petro, Retail
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      EMV Hopes - An Implementation Update

      The following has been re-posted from C-Store Decisions. The original article can be found here. As retailers struggle with compliance, chargebacks from the liability shift have been larger than anyone in the industry anticipated. By Ed Collupy The implementation of EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) chip card acceptance should be history for inside payment transactions…

      May 9, 2017 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+, PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ C-Store EMV, Chargebacks, EMV, liability shift, Petro
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      Approaching Consumer-Facing Programs

      “Do my consumers really want this? Will they use it?” This is one of the most fundamental questions any merchant must ask when venturing into a new consumer engagement or payment program. It is also a huge lesson to be learned from both the successes and failures from some of the recent entrants the retail…

      April 26, 2017 by wcapra No comment(s) DIGITAL+, LOYALTY+, PAYMENTS+ Consumer Engagement, Customer Acquisition, Customer Retention, MCX, Petro, Petroleum
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      W. Capra Launches Rubix Services

      W. Capra launches Rubix Services to expand its commitment to the Petroleum C-Store Industry W. Capra Consulting Group, the leading retail technology, payments and security consultancy to the Petroleum Convenience Store industry, is broadening its commitment to the industry by launching Rubix Services.  Rubix is a payment processing and technology solutions company focused on delivering…

      July 8, 2016 by wcapra No comment(s) PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ Launch, Payment Processing, Petro, Petroleum, Rubix
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      “POS” Software Quality – You Need to Care

      It is common in the Convenience and Retail Petroleum industry to use the term POS (Point Of Sale) to refer to all of the site components that the consumer interfaces with or is used to process/impact a purchase of fuel or store merchandise. This clearly includes POS, EPS (Electronic Payment Server), FCC (Forecourt Controller), CATs…

      June 30, 2016 by wcapra No comment(s) PETRO+ EMV, Petro, QA, Testing
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      Don't be a Fool about Fraud

      Today’s post is about how petroleum and convenience retailers can prevent fraud and reduce chargebacks.  April Fool’s Day (April 1st) will mark six months since the EMV counterfeit fraud liability shift for in-store transactions, and so far, the joke is on the merchant community.  Merchants have seen a dramatic increase in chargebacks since October 1st…

      March 29, 2016 by wcapra No comment(s) PETRO+ fraud, Petro
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      Do I Stay Branded?

      Do I Stay Branded? Since exiting Retail, Major Oil (or Big Oil) has faced a number of Brand Conversions within their existing footprint. NACSOnline states, “Large, integrated oil companies, especially since 2007, have exited the retail business to focus more on resource production and refining operations. ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and ConocoPhillips have either begun or…

      March 7, 2016 by wcapra 1 comment PETRO+ Brand, Branded, C-Store, Major Oil, Petro
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      What They Didn't Tell You about EMV

      Whether you consider yourself a marketer, dealer, jobber or convenience retailer in the Retail Petroleum industry, by now you’ve been told you need to act on implementing EMV, empower new forms of payment (mobile chief among them), or drive growth through robust loyalty offerings. The complex relationships and technologies that are critical to the infrastructure…

      February 12, 2016 by wcapra No comment(s) PETRO+ Business Drivers, EMV, Loyalty, Mobile, Petro
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      Mobile Payments Making Noise

      The following article is reposted from CStoreDecisions and features commentary from W. Capra Executive Consultant, Ed Collupy. “Cha-Ching!” With all the announcements about mobile payments over the past few weeks I’ve been hearing, in my mind, the sound of an older cash register when the total button was pushed, and thinking that it should become…

      November 19, 2015 by wcapra No comment(s) PETRO+ Mobile, Mobile Commerce, Petro
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