COVID-19 drastically altered consumer behaviors and expectations throughout 2020 and 2021. As the world’s largest convenience retailer, 7-Eleven a nearly 100-year-old company had to innovate faster to provide safe, frictionless shopping solutions for customers. As SVP of Digital for 7-Eleven, Raghu Mahadevan leads all aspects of digital innovation and implementation for the company. He also oversees the entire digital ecosystem for customers, stores, franchisees and vendor partners. Raghu drove key updates to the 7-Eleven app when they were needed most, and helped create an advanced digital shopping platform for convenience shoppers. The app now includes:

• 7-Eleven Wallet, which allows customers to securely load funds to use at checkout via credit card, debit card, gift card, Apple Pay or Google Pay;
• Mobile Checkout, so customers can scan and pay for purchases without ever standing in a checkout line;
• Fuel Loyalty, so customers can collect points and discounts on fuel purchases; and
• Delivery through 7NOW, which offers 24/7 delivery of more than 3,000 products.

Raghu has more than 18 years of experience in digital product management, business analysis, marketing, operations and risk management. Prior to joining 7-Eleven, he headed up the Refinance business and Franchised Dealer Marketing Experience for Capital One Auto Finance.