ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- NACS has announced a new strategic partnership with Koupon Media, a mobile offer platform and consumer insights engine for small-format retail. The agreement accelerates the use of digital promotion technology within the convenience-store industry, specifically related to mobile technology and couponing.
Through the partnership, Alexandria, Va.-based NACS will leverage Koupon Media’s promotion technology, CPG-funded offer content and promotion insights tools to improve digital offers in c-stores.
Koupon Media leverages mobile commerce standards created within Conexxus, the industry’s standards and technology organization, for promotion distribution and management.
“Our team is proud to partner with NACS, the organization that has led the development of and ushered new technologies into the c-store industry for more than 60 years,” said Brad Van Otterloo, CEO of Koupon Media.
“We believe our partnership with Koupon Media can be game changing in how retailers develop mobile offers and help source additional CPG brand marketing funds for the c-store industry,” said Henry Armour, president and CEO of NACS. “Koupon Media’s reach, paired with its innovative technologies and standards-driven approach, will allow convenience retailers to learn from cutting-edge technologies to deliver convenience.”
NACS, founded in 1961 as the National Association of Convenience Stores, has 1,900 retailer and 1,800 supplier members from more than 50 countries.
With more than 3 billion offers since its founding, Addison, Texas-based Koupon Media powers mobile offers for more than 40,000 retail locations and many CPG brands. In 2017, the Koupon platform reached more than 108 million customers, driving more than 155 million store trips.
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