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.
French Finance Chief Says Killing Carrefour Bid Is Good Politics
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Bruno Le Maire
(Bloomberg) French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said that shooting down a foreign takeover bid for supermarket chain Carrefour SA last week was all about the politics.
In an interview on RTL radio Monday, Le Maire mounted a staunch defense of his decision to kill talks between Carrefour and Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., citing the need to defend French sovereignty and a strategic asset.
“Food security is non-negotiable,” he said, without explaining clearly how the deal might have threatened French food supplies. “The political sense of this economic decision is that I believe in food sovereignty. I want to guarantee that even in the case of a pandemic” supply chains won’t be at risk.
Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc and France's Carrefour SA have abandoned talks on a proposed US$20 billion merger following stiff opposition from the French finance minister, and will look instead at forming a looser alliance.
Couche-Tard Launches Retail Tech Lab By
January 17, 2021.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., has launched a retail innovation lab at McGill University’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management. The state-of-the-art store will enable ground-breaking research and test innovations, including frictionless technologies helpful in societies currently experiencing a pandemic.
A statement released by the Laval-based retail chain explained that this is 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 limited number of customers in store until local public health authorities deem it safe to operate at full capacity.
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