Geofencing news and trends

McDonald’s to Drive Pickup Adoption With Wait-Eliminating Geofencing Features
ResTech // March 24, 2023

As restaurants seek to drive pickup adoption, McDonald’s is tapping geofencing to reduce wait times. The restaurant brand is updating its mobile order and pay capabilities to inform back-of-house staff when mobile order-ahead customers are near the store, such that the kitchen can prepare the...

NEW REPORT: Restaurant Re-Openings And The Guest Recovery Challenge
Restaurant innovation // June 18, 2020

The pandemic is having monumental impacts on restaurants’ operations and interactions with potential diners, pushing to the forefront services that offer quick and seamless online ordering tools to reach customers stuck in their homes. It is also shedding light on just how digital the restaurant...

New Report: How Fake Reviews Hurt Restaurants’ Mobile Ordering Volumes
Mobile Order Ahead // June 12, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has throttled restaurants’ revenues as social distancing protocols, stay-at-home orders and dine-in bans have forced eateries to rely solely on pickup and delivery to stay in business. Many states have begun to relax their social distancing orders and allow restaurants to resume...

Panera Unveils Curbside Pickup With Geofencing Capability
Retail // May 18, 2020

To enable safe, easy delivery of meals straight to the cars of its diners, Panera Bread has unveiled its Panera Curbside geofence-enabled service. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain has expanded its Wi-Fi coverage beyond its doors so that when guests who have opted into the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Why Location Is Personalization’s Superpower for Merchants

August 16, 2024
In the current business landscape, consumers crave personalized experiences. In an increasingly digital world, the importance of location intelligence in marketing cannot be overstated, particularly when it comes to areas like personalizing customer experiences, enhancing operational efficiencies and ensuring compliance across various industries. “One of the trends we’re seeing is foreground location-based experiences,” Radar CEO and […]

Quick Reads
Panera Unveils Curbside Pickup With Geofencing Capability

May 18, 2020
To enable safe, easy delivery of meals straight to the cars of its diners, Panera Bread has unveiled its Panera Curbside geofence-enabled service. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain has expanded its Wi-Fi coverage beyond its doors so that when guests who have opted into the service drive up, Panera will receive automatic notifications that they […]

Report: 80 Pct. Of NJ Gamblers Place Wagers Online

September 02, 2019
Mobile sports betting is quickly growing to a point where New Jersey is close to topping Las Vegas as the country’s biggest market, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Sept....

How ShopAdvisor Helps Merchants Reach Consumers

December 31, 2015
Location-based mobile shopping apps, much like the devices they rely on to reach consumers wherever they shop, have been becoming increasingly ubiquitous over the past few years. As technology has...