This independent industry benchmark evaluates hundreds of leading convenience-store brands, ranking the top 100 across the digital capabilities increasingly defining the customer experience and AI readiness.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national benchmark conducted by ResultStack, a team with more than 50 years of combined operator-side convenience retail experience, has evaluated hundreds of leading convenience-store brands to identify the 100 strongest digital ecosystems in the industry.

The Top 100 C-Store Digital Ranking is an independent, objective benchmark built around what an actual customer can see, access and experience. The research examines the digital capabilities increasingly shaping convenience retail, from mobile and loyalty to payments, ordering, personalization, rewards, partnerships and connectivity across the broader customer journey.

The results are coming to NACS 2026 in Las Vegas, where retailers included in the research will have the opportunity to privately see where they ranked, what drove their performance and what their results may reveal about the future readiness for AI adoption within their digital ecosystem.

Unlike rankings that focus on a single app, loyalty feature or digital channel, the benchmark examines the broader ecosystem and how effectively its components work together.

The objective is not simply to identify which retailers have the most technology. It is to identify which have built the most connected, capable and cohesive digital ecosystems, and what those ecosystems reveal about the business behind them, including whether the underlying digital foundation is ready to support AI-integrated workflows and business process automation.

The findings can surface indicators of AI readiness, expose digital friction that may be contributing to lost revenue or margin pressure, identify high-impact opportunities that can be addressed quickly, and help clarify where longer-term technology investment may be needed to build a more competitive digital operation.

In other words, the ranking is more than a score. It provides a starting point for understanding where a retailer's digital ecosystem is creating value, where disconnected experiences may be creating hidden costs and what should come next.

100 C-Stores. One National Benchmark.

Convenience retailers have invested heavily in mobile apps, loyalty platforms, payment technology, digital ordering and customer data.

But having those capabilities does not necessarily mean they operate as one connected experience.

A retailer may have a strong loyalty program while still creating friction between ordering and rewards. Another may offer advanced mobile features while customer data remains fragmented across platforms. A third may have invested significantly in digital capabilities without having the underlying connectivity needed to take full advantage of emerging technologies such as AI.

Those gaps can be difficult to recognize when each technology is evaluated independently.

The Top 100 C-Store Digital Ranking provides a broader view.

Each retailer is assessed through a structured framework designed to evaluate not only which customer-facing capabilities exist, but how effectively they connect across the digital ecosystem and support AI integration.

Industry Experience Behind the Analysis The research was conducted by ResultStack, whose team includes former C-store CIO and technology executives alongside software, data and AI professionals who have spent years building and transforming technology within convenience retail. "We built this analysis around the kinds of questions technology leaders in this industry are already asking: Where are we creating real value, where are disconnected systems holding us back, and in the age of AI-driven automation where can we create cost-savings and competitive differentiation," said Ben Farmer, CEO of ResultStack. "The goal was to give retailers a practical objective view of their digital ecosystem that they can actually use." That industry experience informed how the findings were analyzed and how individual retailer results will be discussed during private reviews at NACS 2026. Where Does Your C-Store Rank?

The Top 100 C-Store Digital Ranking will be available for private company reviews during NACS 2026 in Las Vegas.

Attendees from retailers included in the research can schedule a private 15-minute review to discover where their organization ranked, examine the findings behind the result and discuss what those findings could mean for their digital roadmap.

NACS 2026
Las Vegas, Nevada
Private Ranking Reviews: Central Hall, New Exhibitor Area - Booth C3375
October 7th - October 9th 2026

Reserve a private review: https://events.resultstack.com/

About the ResultStack

Headquartered in Knoxville, TN, with offices in Dallas, TX and Savannah, GA, ResultStack is a software and AI engineering firm that builds mission-critical digital infrastructure for large-scale enterprise operations.

ResultStack's technical capabilities span:

• Agentic Engineering
• AI & Machine Learning
• APIs & Integrations
• Application Development
• Data & Reporting

Since 2014, ResultStack has served as a long-term technical partner to some of the world's largest brands.

For more information, visit www.resultstack.com or follow ResultStack on Linkedin.

Research conducted by ResultStack.

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