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Power Surge: How Gas Stations are Adapting to the EV Revolution

The rise of electric vehicles (EVs) is transforming the automotive industry and the way we think about transportation. As more consumers embrace EVs, traditional fuel stations are faced with a critical decision: adapt to the changing landsc...

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LED Profit Boards: FAQs

LED Profit Boards, also known as LED electronic message centers or reader boards, are investments that pay off. This versatile electronic si...

dooh-it: Elevate Customer Engagement to the Next Level

Introducing PWM's innovative "Digital Out Of Home" solution, designed to revolutionize customer communications and unlock additional sources...
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Digital Signage Influences: Drive C-Store Sales and Enhance Customer Experience

The convenience store (C-store) landscape is fiercely competitive where low-profit margins associated with pump purchases make it critical t...

PWM Drives Digital Transformation and Innovative Advertising Opportunities Forward

The European transportation landscape is currently undergoing a profound transformation, primarily driven by the increasing prevalence of el...
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2024 C-Store Technology Trends

Convenience store (C-store) operators continued to embrace digital transformation last year, from the forecourt to inside their stores, to k...
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Using Technology at Your C-Store to Enhance Your Customers Experience

Technology is becoming an increasingly crucial tool to enhance C-store customer experience which can lead to loyalty and business growth. “E...
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Shining Star: Chevron Polishes Texaco Brand Stations with New Modern Look

The Texaco star is going to be shining a bit brighter in the future as Chevron unveiled in August a makeover of the iconic fueling station b...
NACS 2023

Major Topics Discussed at This Year’s NACS Tradeshow in Atlanta

The annual National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Show just wrapped up its 30th anniversary with some southern hospitality at the...
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PWM New Solar Power Price Display

The classic PWM electronic price sign system can now run on green energy. Solar Power Price Display is the first PWM segment display operate...
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C-Store Leaders: AI is Accelerating Convenience Retail Analytics

C-store industry leaders issued a new report that says generative artificial intelligence (AI) has unleashed a new era in retail analytics.
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Healthy Alternatives in C-Stores Can Boost In-Store Sales

There was a time when convenience stores roadside food offerings were gut-busting at best --and probably should have come with a cardiologis...
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PWM and Marathon/ARCO Continue 8+ Years Partnership

Houston, TX (May 24, 2023) - PWM, the global leader in electronic price signs and profit boards® for convenience stores, is proud to announc...
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Why Gas Stations and C-Stores Should Conduct a Business Sign Audit

Signage is a critical component of the marketing and communication strategies for gas stations and convenience stores (c-stores), helping to...
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Fuel Up at the Best Designed Gas Stations in the World

When it comes to gas station design you expect to see your favorite fueling station in Automotive Digest, not Architectural Digest. Yet, gas...

PWM PRICE SIGNS ENTERS INTO CONTRACT WITH SHELL AS APPROVED LED PRICE SIGN SUPPLIER

HOUSTON TX – (March 28, 2023) PWM is a leading price sign provider based in Houston, Texas. PWM fully develops all of its own technologies a...
PWM Pump Toppers

PWM’s New Price Pump Toppers Keep Your Price Signs Visible and Up to Date

Consumers are keeping a wary eye on their pocketbooks with the possibility of a looming recession which makes PWM’s new pump toppers importa...
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2023 Trends for Convenience Stores

The convenience stores market has not only weathered the COVID-19 pandemic economic storm but there are signs that the industry has emerged ...
PWM's High Rise Digit Price Signs

Think Big: PWM’s “High Rise Digits” Can Drive Traffic and Sales

Eye-catching gas station and c-store price signs that take advantage of PWM’s “High Rise Digits” are as important as ever as price-conscious...
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PWM’s Intelligent Price Signs Keep Gas Stations and C-Stores "on TRACK”

If gas station and convenience store price signs could speak, they might say: “Please don’t shoot the messenger!”
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Security Alert: NextGen ATM Skimmers are “Crazy-Thin Deep Inserts”

Convenience stores and gas stations have long been on high alert for cyber-thieves who steal credit and debit card numbers from gas pump ski...
Easy Hybrid

Easy Hybrid: Benefits and Features

Fuel stations rely on signage outside the business to inform the public regarding the types of fuel they offer and the current fuel prices.
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Electric Vehicles and Their Impact on Gas Station Sales

With electric vehicles on the rise across the U.S. and around the globe, it has some questioning if gas stations will soon go the way of lan...
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Bright Idea: The “Rapid Rise” and History of LED Lights

While LED lighting has taken off in homes and businesses in the past few years, you most likely have been taking advantage of this lighting ...
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Summer Detour: High Gas Prices Curb Travel, Put a Dent in C-Store Sales

U.S. gas prices just hit a 2-month low in July, dipping under $4.50 a gallon, but that may not be enough to revive curtailed summer travel p...
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C-Stores See Rising Demand for Grab-and-Go-Home Food Offerings

Recent research shows that C-Store customers are embracing take-home meals and family-size portions from a new category of food offering cal...

Primary Differences in Electronic Price Signs

It took almost 50 years from the world’s first unofficial “road trip” in 1888 to what is considered the birth of the “modern” gas price sign...
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Similarities and Differences Between Online and DOOH Advertising

There are several significant contrasts between internet advertising and digital out of home (DOOH) advertising. Thankfully, there are paral...

Getting the Most Out of Your Digital Roadside Signage

Is there anything as intrinsically Americana as roadside signs? For as long as Americans have been getting their kicks on Route 66 and other...

Modern C-Store Technology Trends Embrace Digital Transformation

The acceleration of digital transformation around the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic has left no sector untouched and that includes the ...
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PWM’s New CMS Offers Fuel Retailers a DOOH Advertising One-Stop Solution

Digital out of home (DOOH) advertising has been transforming the marketing landscape around the globe, and fuel retailers now have a one-sto...
PWM Marketing OOH Helps Employers Battle the Great Resignation Digital Vertical Billboard on Street

OOH Helps Employers Battle the 'Great Resignation'

With employers more desperate than ever for high-quality workers, they're starting to turn to Out Of the Home (OOH) advertising. You may hav...
PRM USA From Drive-Thrus to Travel Stops: How C-Stores are Doing Digital Signs Drive Thru Restaurant Signs Lit Up

From Drive-Thrus to Travel Stops: How C-Stores are Doing Digital Signs

In the gas station and convenience store segments, signage is a major source of income. Without appropriate signs directing traffic to and t...
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Price of Gas Pendulum Swings Higher as Holiday Travel Beckons

Some 48.3 million Americans will hit the road this Thanksgiving season, and on the way to grandmother’s house and other holiday destinations...

Pump Behavior: 9 Habits of Gas-Buying Customers

The latest traffic volume trends from the Federal Highway Administration show that the pandemic pause is over when it comes to Americans hit...
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Get on the Fast TRACK with PWM’s New Intelligent Price Signs

PWM’s launch of its TRACK intelligent price signs are just the latest in a line of technological advances the company has ushered in for the...
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The Profit Isn’t In Gas

It’s prudent to stay on top of what is selling the most at your business and what the sales figures say about your customers’ wants and desi...
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Can Your Signs Withstand the Weather?

As commercial signage goes, the weather is your worst enemy. Here you have daily threats and combatants in the form of extreme temperatures,...
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Safety at the Pump

When you are in ownership or management of a fuel station, your top priority is the security of the gas pumps. There are several risks invol...
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Digital Signage Important as Ever C-Stores Take On COVID Delta Variant

There was a time in the spring when U.S. businesses looked to turn the economic corner on the coronavirus crisis with renewed consumer confi...
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The Importance of an Audit for Your Business Signage

C-Store and gas station owners understand that high-quality signage is integral to the success of their business. NACS, the leading global t...
PWM U.S. Gas Stations, Convenience Stores Prepare for EV Drivers EV Charging Station

U.S. Gas Stations, Convenience Stores Prepare for EV Drivers

Ever since Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered horseless carriage while tinkering in a shed behind his home, America's love affair w...
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Today’s “Gas Stations” Offer More Than Just Gas

Today’s trend towards gas stations offering a whole lot more than just gas must be the Buc-ee’s chain which just announced plans in June 202...
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Benefits of LED for Signs

High quality signage is integral to the success of your business. You need customers to notice your signage and be impressed in a positive w...

U.S. Gas Stations Embrace Contactless Solutions

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we think about contact with high-touch surfaces and face-to-face transactions, U.S. gas st...

Gas Pump Marketing Can Drive Sales from Forecourt into Store

Convenience stores looking to maximize profits are making good use of gas pump marketing options, especially new digital technologies, to dr...
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Five C-Store Design Trends for the COVID-19 Era

The c-store industry has demonstrated resilience this past year during the extraordinary times of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Greg Parker,...
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Sign Visibility Key to Showcasing Your Brand, Fuel Prices, In-Store Offers

Americans just don’t drive out of a necessity but continue to have a love affair with their cars. Consider that a cars.com survey two years ...
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Global Food, Drink and Foodservice Predictions for 2021 and Beyond

International consumer research organization Mintel released a report in January that highlights three key trends for the global food, drink...
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Pent-up Demand Forecasted to Lead to Higher Fuel Prices in 2021 & 2022

Pent-up travel demand and expected economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has forecasters calling for rising fuel prices over the next...
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Shielding Your Convenience Store from COVID-19 Lawsuits Without Sacrificing Safety

*Disclaimer: This article is not intended to serve as legal advice or to support or oppose COVID-19 related lawsuits. Millions of Americans ...
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C-Stores in the COVID-19 Era

It feels like it has been years since March when many Americans — except for essential workers and businesses, including convenience stores ...
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Automobile Fuel Consumption Trends

Fuel drives our economies. It powers the delivery trucks that keep our convenience stores stocked, generates some of our electricity and mos...

In-Store Sales More Important Than Ever as Retailers Face Double Whammy at the Pump

American convenience store operators have seen a drop in fuel demand before. They have also seen fuel oversupply. Just never at the same tim...
Questions

Frequently Asked Questions About Electronic Profit Boards

Advertising changes as technology changes. Instead of using some form of paper advertising or banner in your storefront, you can now use ele...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

To Our Customers, PWM Electronic Price Signs is Stocked and Ready for Your Business. During these uncertain and challenging times, it is imp...
C-Store

How to Become a Successful C-Store Entrepreneur

If you’re reading this article, chances are you have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in learning what it takes to open and oper...
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The Looming EMV Viability Shift

As the EMV — short for Europay, Mastercard, and Visa — liability shift deadline at the fuel dispenser looms, retailers from across the U.S. ...
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Vendors: How to Make the Right Choice for Your C-Store

Convenience stores in Texas are regulated by over 25 state and federal agencies. These regulations ensure the business operates at a high st...

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Responding to Reviews

In today’s technology-driven and highly-transparent society, reviews have become a powerful tool used by customers to share their experience...

PWM Visits TXFF Summit

A big thank you to Texas Food & Fuel for a great TFFA Summit event! We enjoyed our time at the Capitol talking to representatives about the ...
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PWM Introduces an Easy First Step for Price Display Digitalization

Innovation is the main driver for the success of PWM, a world market leader in electronic price signs for fuel stations. Today PWM introduce...

The Price is Right: Why Paying at the Pump Varies by Location

Bob Barker, the legendary American TV game show host of The Price is Right, once said “Why should I pay attention to prices? I can’t win.” W...
Gas Station

Skimming: How to Outsmart the Crooks and Protect Your Gas Station

We’ve all heard the horror stories: a customer fills up at your gas station and moments later they call to report that their credit or debit...

Standing Out with Bright Technology

PWM Brings State-of-the-Art LEDs to the Market For more than 40 years fuel stations around the globe rely on German industry leader PWM for ...
Going Green

Going Green: Shedding Light on Practical Actions for Convenience Stores

Convenience stores come in many different configurations. Many dispense fuel. Some offer car washes. More have begun implementing proprietar...
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Behaving Digitally: How Technology is Shaping the Convenience Store Experience

The convenience store industry has withstood fierce competition by offering convenience, value, and a wide variety of products. A store’s sm...
Saving Money

5 Ways to Save Money

Running a gas station isn’t possible without price signs. But spending money to make money can still hurt. Fortunately, a well-made electron...
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Can Your Price Signs Take the Heat?

Gasoline prices go up and down, and gas station price signs adjust day in and day out as a result. But can they also handle extreme fluctuat...
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Think Big - New High Rise Digits

PWM, the global leader in electronic price signs and profit boards® for convenience stores, is proud to announce its newly redesigned 32” - ...
PWM S-Package

Introducing the New S-Package From PWM

PWM, the global leader in electronic price signs and profit boards® for convenience stores, is proud to announce its newest product, the S-P...
Gas Tank

The Future of Pump Top Advertising

The average consumer stops at a gas station half a dozen times per month. And every time they fill the tank, they are at eye level with the ...
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The Rise of Gas Delivery Service

Will gas delivery services put service stations out of business? Are consumers so accustomed to convenience that they would rather pay in th...
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Are You Making Your Gas Station a Destination?

It’s no secret that gas stations are in fierce competition with each other to be the supplier of choice for every motorist on the road. Thre...
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Top 4 Tips for Troubleshooting Electronic Price Signs

When a sign isn’t displaying gas prices properly, it’s normal for station owners to get concerned. They need quick answers to diagnose and c...
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The Connected Gas Station

From Tesla to Toyota, car manufacturers are partnering with tech giants like Microsoft to accelerate innovation for app-connected cars. IoT ...
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What's Down the Road for Gas Stations and Convenience Stores?

The landscape for gas stations and convenience stores has long been subject to upheaval. Fuel price volatility, consumer travel and spending...

New Price Sign Technology Lets Signs Fix Themselves

The fuel industry is no stranger to adopting state-of-the-art technology. Gas station owners have been using cloud-based software to run in-...
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Wolfgang Manz named Chairman of the Wrangler Committee for TFFA

We are pleased to announce the election of Wolfgang Manz, President & CEO of PWM-USA, to the position of 1st Chairman of the Texas Food & Fu...
Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes at PWM

Join British Publication ENTV for a Glimpse Behind the Scenes at our Headquarters in Germany.
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PWM Electronic Price Sign Celebrates it’s Anniversary.

2017 marks the 210th anniversary for PWM, the global leader in electronic price signs for convenience stores, as well as 17 years of unmatch...
Technology

Five Ways Technology Helps Gas Station Stay Competitive

With roughly 120,000 gas stations operating across the U.S. (according to the National Association of Convenience Stores), it’s no wonder th...
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LED/SMD technology price signs now available to Shell franchisees

PWM, the global leader in electronic price signs for convenience stores, is proud to announce its strategic alliance with Royal Dutch Shell....
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ARCO and PWM Roll Out SMD Technology

PWM, the global leader in electronic price signs and profit boards® for convenience stores, is proud to announce its strategic alliance with...