Connecting Convenience

Watch the May Connections Live Quarterly webinar, a free 60-minute webinar for PDI customers and other professionals in the energy and convenience ecosystem.  

In this recording, PDI industry experts discuss: 

• Industry trends and insights from our recent “Pulse of Convenience Report”
• News on GasBuddy’s 25th Anniversary
• Current security threat vectors targeting specific industries and organizations across the US
• Open registration for Connections Live 2025 in Denver, CO this August

Did you miss the March webinar? Watch it now.

Meet the Presenters

Bethany Allee

CMO, PDI Technologies

Patrick De Haan

VP, Head of Petroleum Analysis, GasBuddy

Dan Hoban

EVP, Field Services, PDI Technologies 

Connecting Convenience

Watch the March Connections Live Quarterly webinar, a free 90-minute webinar for PDI customers and other professionals in the energy and convenience ecosystem.  

In this recording, PDI industry experts discuss: 

• The latest industry trends and insights  
• How PDI’s strategy of Connecting Convenience impacts your business  
• The value of PDI Wholesale Solutions  
• How you can continue your Connections Live learning, all year round! 

You don’t want to miss the May Connections Live Quarterly webinar. Watch it here.

Meet the Presenters

Linnea Geiss

COO, PDI Technologies

Brian Lind

VP, Product Strategy and Partnerships, PDI Technologies

Traci Fulmer

Director, Education and Development, PDI Technologies 

Matt Murdock

Director, Wholesale Product Management, PDI Technologies 

Watch “Unlocking C-Store Growth: Independent Retailer Data Insights”

 How can CPG brands and convenience retailers collaborate for mutual success? 

Watch “Unlocking C-Store Growth: Independent Retailer Data Insights,” a free on-demand webinar that reveals trends, tools, and insights that will impact your business in 2025 and beyond. 

This information-packed webinar will help you: 

1. Gain insights into CPG-retailer collaboration 
2. Discover impactful industry takeaways 
3. Learn why first-party consumer data is the key to success 

Watch the webinar, then connect with PDI experts to discover new ways to boost your profitability. 

Interested in other convenience reports?
Find more PDI reports here. 

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Tune in as the convenience industry’s top minds share actionable insights and best practices you can apply to your business today. 

You’ll learn about the transformation of service stations, sustainability, data-driven decision making, as well as supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. 

Moderator: Oscar Smith Diamante, Editor-in-Chief, MobilityPlaza 

Speakers: 

• Frank Gleeson: Chairman, National Oil Reserve 
• Brian Donaldson: CEO, Maxol 
• David Anderson: VP Commercial Operations, PDI Technologies 
• Marcel Steigerwald: Director Product Management, PDI Technologies 

Maintaining brand standards is critical to success. But how do you find time to execute them the way you want?  
 
Watch this webinar to learn how  PDI can connect you with Jolt to help new employees get up to speed fast, enable district managers to cover more stores, and give leaders visibility into exceptions they can act on quickly. It’s all about doing more with less headcount.  

Discover how PDI and Jolt can help you:

• Increase team accountability and convert paper processes into digital checklists and forms  
• Attach “How To” guides for just-in-time training, especially on infrequent tasks 
• Integrate with Bluetooth probe and eliminate pencil whipping on your most important foodservice temperature logs  
• Protect your inventory and reputation by remotely monitoring the temperature of all your equipment  

Ready to transform your business operations? PDI Enterprise Retail with Retail Site Management (RSM) delivers the next generation of solutions you need.  
 
In this webinar, Justin Baxley, VP, Retail Product Management at PDI, explores: 

• How RSM is redefining traditional store systems
• Why RSM is NOT just a mobile platform, but the present and future retail solution from PDI
• What solutions are available today and what’s to come

Be sure to check out this 30-minute webinar about Retail Site Management—and discover how you can optimize your c-stores! 

Today’s convenience stores are not just fuel retailers, CPG retailers, or quick-service restaurants—they’re all of that and sometimes more. The most successful c-stores continue to invest strategically in mobile apps to boost their consumer engagement opportunities.  

Unfortunately, many are unsure how to unlock the full potential of their mobile apps. In this session, Rovertown Co-Founder and President, Jeffry Harrison, dives deep into three successful c-store mobile apps, reveals how those retailers achieve results, and shares insights on how you can be bolder by thinking outside the box.  

In part three of our PDI Loyalty Playbook webinar series we cover several mobile-app-related topics, including:  

• Understanding how mobile apps have evolved—and what that means for your business  
• Exploring strategies and unique tactics that drive successful results  
• Optimizing your app for all customers, not just loyalty members, to grow your loyalty program  
• Identifying common mistakes that retailers make with mobile apps  

Did you miss the first two webinars in our PDI Loyalty Playbook webinar series? Don’t forget to watch part one: Loyalty Program Best Practices and part two: Offers and Rewards Best Practices. In these webinars, PDI experts cover everything in the PDI Loyalty Playbook from new plays to power your loyalty game to best practices for your offer strategy and rewards programs. Ready to upgrade your loyalty game? Contact us today.  

Catch up on the latest convenience industry trends and hot topics that will impact retailers in 2024.

During our webinar, you will:

• Gain expert insights from industry thought leaders
• Learn how to engage today’s value-focused shoppers
• Explore what’s coming next on the innovation horizon

In part two of our Loyalty Playbook webinar series, join PDI Consumer Engagement experts to learn best practices for your offer strategy and rewards programs! We highlight the proven types of offers that work in c-stores and share campaign calculators that help you with budget forecasting and ROI analysis.   

In this Loyalty Playbook webinar we cover several offer-related topics, including:  

• Overall offer strategy  
• Offer types and configurations that increase engagement  
• Ways to leverage PDI Offer Network and your own Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) relationships to fund offers  
• Formulas to improve offer forecasting, efficiency, and ROI using PDI’s new Loyalty Calculator

In our first webinar Loyalty Program Best Practices, we introduced the Loyalty Playbook, providing recommendations from some of the most successful loyalty programs in the US. If you haven’t seen the initial webinar, be sure to watch it here. 

In part three of the series, Mobile App Best Practices, our partners at Rovertown joined us to discuss common mistakes retailers make with mobile apps and help you better understand how to drive successful results with your own mobile app. You won’t want to miss this one! Watch the webinar here. 

Revamp your excise tax management processes to minimize risk

In this webinar, Avalara partners with strategy and research group, Aberdeen, to discuss the current state of the industry, its unique market dynamics, and key findings from Avalara’s recent report, The State of Energy and Fuel Tax Compliance. Watch the webinar to see how businesses are leveraging best practices to become leaders in this space.