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7-Eleven Readies Its Wilson Farms Buyout For Franchisees

The world’s largest convenience store franchiser, 7-Eleven, is nearing completion of prepping stores from its 2011 Wilson Farms store chain at a store franchising sale in Western New York. Part of the company’s national strategy, 7-Eleven purchased the 188-store Wilson Farms chain and shed some 30 stores through auction, closed others and prepared the 90

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Near Field Communications and Tokenization Behind Apple's Point of Sale Play

More information is coming available regarding Apple’s new mobile payments system. According to a recent post on the website pymnts.com, the Apple payment system will use tokenization as well as contactless payment based on the new point of sale terminals used in the company’s own stores. As the only full-service point of sale provider —

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Amazon Gets Physical

The nation’s business press is taking note of Amazon’s efforts to create tools and services for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. “The recent launch of Amazon’s in-store credit card reader and checkout software was one of Jeff Bezos’s most deliberate acts to date to grab a slice of the 85 percent to 90 percent of total purchases that still happen in the physical

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Quick-Serve Brands Move to Localize Their Social Media

All politics is local. To what degree is that also true for quick-service brand marketing? Writing in her Talk of the Town column in QSRMagazine.com (QSRM), Nicole Duncan sees location-specific marketing as the new wave of social media. Duncan’s post, titled “Brands localize their social media presence to foster a more authentic consumer interaction,” provides

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Business Tips One Step at a Time: How to Understand Your Customers

Let us begin with a highlighted business tip from an EKS&H article that sparked this No 2: Hug Your Customers Ask your customers how they are doing. After all, the health of your customer’s business drives the health of your business. Approach your customers with a sense of humility. Spend some time listening and asking

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