The k kiosk appears in new splendor and with more freshness and food in the assortment. In the autumn of 2019, Valora started renovating individual outlets. The transformation at numerous locations in Switzerland will be completed by the end of 2020.
Consistent alignment of convenience and food service concepts to present customer needs
Michael Mueller, CEO of Valora, looks back on the successful development of Valora over the past year and explains why the company is in an excellent position to master the future.
avec: towards a new concept with courage and at full throttle
A Valora team developed the concept for the new avec stores in just five months. This concept incorporates the latest food-on-the-go and convenience trends and combines them in ‘foodvenience’ of the highest level.
Customer needs are setting the stage for the resurgence of physical retail
The retail industry was shaken up by online commerce. Because of new technologies and customer needs, we are seeing a resurgence of physical retail. Here is why and how Valora is ideally prepared for this trend.
The point of sale as a service centre
Nowadays, Valora’s retail points of sale have many functions. They are located at the interface between the analogue and digital worlds and have now become veritable service centres.
Why there’s no longer any ok.– shampoo
Valora’s own ok.– brand is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2019. In this time, the ok.– brand saw many highlights on its journey to becoming the cult brand it is today.
E-smoking: all smoke, no fire?
Vaping is booming. Where did the e-smoke trend originate and how is demand developing in Germany and Switzerland?
On the track of food trends
He creates what is later displayed in the show cases of BackWerk, Brezelkönig und Caffè Spettacolo in Switzerland; Riccardo Brunet is Food Developer at Valora. Together with his team he scouts tomorrow’s trends and writes new recipes.
avec: towards a new concept with courage and at full throttle
A Valora team developed the new concept for the avec stores in just five months. This concept incorporates the latest food-on-the-go and convenience trends, and …
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Panini fever: the stickers are being collected and swapped once more
The popular Panini stickers are once again available at Valora points of sale for the 2018 football World Cup in Russia. An analysis of sales …
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VAPOS.info – your kiosk in the cloud
The wide range of products and services had posed a large number of challenges for the sales staff in Valora’s network. However, the new platform from the cloud supports them in an innovative way.
Looking to the future – Valora is networked and digitally equipped
Using the opportunities offered by digitisation and ensuring proximity to the customers. It is this endeavour that guides Valora in undertaking innovative projects and exploiting the digital transformation as a driver to further improve its offering. The company’s own Digital Innovation team lends a helping hand here.
Coffee is not just coffee, but it is popular everywhere
Did you know? The favourite coffee of Valora customers in Switzerland is far less popular in Germany. What’s more, not all German federal states or Swiss language regions drink their coffee first thing in a morning. Valora has analysed the preferences of its customers.