In a joint effort to transform customer experience at a critical time for retailers, Alimentation Couche-Tard and McGill University have launched a retail innovation laboratory at McGill University’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management.
Located on the university’s campus in downtown Montreal, the lab allows researchers to carry on-site experiments and develop new technologies to improve the customer experience in these times of pandemic.
Couche-Tard, a leader in the Canadian convenience store industry, plans to implement the research projects successfully tested at the lab in some of its 14,220 stores across its global network.
Inside the lab, a
Couche-Tard Connecté section is specially designed with frictionless technologies to allow autonomous checkout. Using a mobile app, customers can unlock the door to walk into the
Alimentation Couche-Tard Opens Lab Store
The venture with McGill University will research and test frictionless checkout technologies.
January 18, 2021
MONTREAL Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., owner of Circle K, has joined forces with McGill University to launch a retail innovation lab at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management to research and test frictionless checkout and virtual reality technologies to transform the customer experience, Couche-Tard announced.
Located on McGill University’s downtown campus, the lab is one of North America s first live, open laboratory stores. It is currently open at reduced hours and for a limited number of customers in store until local public health authorities deem it safe to operate at full capacity, Couche-Tard said.
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McGill University and Alimentation Couche-Tard launch unique laboratory store to propel retail industry and customers into the future
January 14, 2021 GMT
Partnering with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the new retail innovation lab at McGill’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management will enable ground-breaking research and test innovations, including frictionless technologies
MONTREAL, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - McGill University and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announce their partnership in the launch of a retail innovation lab at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management a live testing ground for innovative and frictionless technologies that address the retail sector’s challenges of the future. In a joint effort to transform customer experience at a critical time for retailers, a world-class university and a global retailer are coming together to create one of North America’s firs
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McGill University and Alimentation Couche-Tard launch unique laboratory store to propel retail industry and customers into future
Partnering with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the new retail innovation lab at McGill’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management will enable ground-breaking research and test innovations, including frictionless technologies
McGill University and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announce their partnership in the launch of a retail innovation lab at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management-a live testing ground for innovative and frictionless technologies that address the retail sector’s challenges of the future. In a joint effort to transform customer experience at a critical time for retailers, a world-class university and a global retailer are coming together to create one of North America’s first live, open laboratory stores. Located on McGill University’s downtown campus, the lab is currently open at reduced hours and for a limi