Conexxus In the News

NACS Daily: Phillips 66 Unveils New Mobile Platform

Thursday May 25, 2017

In anticipation of the launch of their new mobile commerce platform, fuel brands Phillips 66, Conoco and 76 debuted their Mobile Connect Experience this week at Phillip 66’s Momentum: Driven by Excellence conference. Phillips 66 and P97 noted in a press release that the new mobile platform will connect retail fueling consumers.....

Thursday May 11, 2017

The Pinnacle Corporation (www.pinncorp.com), the leader in mobile, loyalty and point-of-sale integration solutions for retail convenience stores, is pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa Fox Hadley, Director of Product Management, to the Conexxus Board of Advisors, as Chairperson of the Membership and Marketing Committee. Voting occurred during the Conexxus Annual Conference last week in Annapolis, Maryland. Pinnacle has a long history of partnership with Conexxus, from its inception as the NACS technology standards body, to the most recent Pinnacle Loyalty integration with Conexxus point-of-sale standards. This tradition of collaboration has born new innovations, partnerships and technologies that drive the industry.....

Friday May 5, 2017

Last week, Pinnacle team members attended the Conexxus Annual Conference in Annapolis, Maryland. Conexxus is a non-profit, member-driven technology organization dedicated to the development and implementation of standards, technologies innovation and advocacy for the convenience store and petroleum market.....

Monday May 1, 2017

Two veterans of the convenience and fuel retailing industry were recently inducted into the Conexxus Hall of Fame during the Conexxus Annual Meeting: Sharon Scace, the ISpec technical solutions manager for WEX, and David Ezell, principal software architect for Verifone. Scace has been in the petroleum industry for 27 years, beginning her career at Amoco supporting the Amoco Pipeline Co. and later moving to retail point-of-sale (POS) support where she wrote her first specification for the consumer experience at pay-at-the-pump interfaces.....

Friday April 28, 2017

Conexxus inducted Sharon Scace of WEX Inc. and David Ezell of Verifone Inc. into the Conexxus Hall of Fame during its annual meeting, reported NACS, the Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing. Since it was established in 2011, the Conexxus Hall of Fame honors industry leaders who have been critical to the improvement of retail systems through interoperability, profitability and technology vision.....

Wednesday April 26, 2017

Jeff Ma gained worldwide recognition as a member of the MIT blackjack team in the mid-1990s, which inspired the best-selling book, “Bringing Down the House” and the film, “21.” Since then, he’s founded multiple business ventures, and most recently, tenXer, an analytics tool designed to optimize employee performance, progress and productivity, which was acquired by Twitter. As keynote of the 2017 Conexxus Annual Conference.....

Wednesday April 26, 2017

Conexxus is pleased to announced that two convenience and fuel retailing industry pioneers are being inducted into the Conexxus Hall of Fame this week at the Conexxus Annual Meeting: Sharon Scace of WEX Inc. and David Ezell of Verifone Inc. “Sharon and David exemplify the dedication and expertise exhibited within the Conexxus membership.....

Tuesday April 25, 2017

The Pinnacle Corporation (www.pinncorp.com), the leader in mobile, loyalty and point-of-sale integration solutions for retail convenience stores, announced today the completion of its Pinnacle Loyalty suite integration with non-Pinnacle POS solutions using the Conexxus Loyalty standard. Pinnacle has a long history in the convenience store space with integrated Loyalty rewards and their Palm Point-of-Sale system. As Loyalty has grown more and more successful and vital for customer engagement.....

Tuesday February 14, 2017

Millennial talent and technology will be the focus of Washington PostColumnist Gene Marks’ keynote address at this year’s Conexxus Annual Conference, taking place April 24-27 at the Loews Annapolis Hotel in Annapolis, Md. According to Conexxus, millennials represent a new set of values, needs and talents that sets their generation apart from previous generations. Their use of technology presents opportunities for productivity and innovation, if an organization can adapt. Marks, a small business expert, writes daily for The Washington Post.....

Thursday December 1, 2016

Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. have pushed back the deadline for installing EMV chip-card readers at gas pumps in the United States following discussions with retailers who stated they did not have enough time to complete the multibillion-dollar upgrades, reported Bloomberg Markets. "It is a priority for.....