10 Booths You Shouldn’t Skip at the NACS Show 2026

The NACS Show floor is huge. It’s overwhelming, to say the least. A thousand booths, all promising to solve your store’s problems.

That’s why you need a plan going in. You need to know which booths to visit, who to trust, and what’s actually working for convenience and fuel retailers. We put that list together for you.

At Kitestring, we work across the vendor landscape, hardware and software both, so we stay current on where each vendor excels. Most retailers go through a POS transformation once a decade. We do it every year, across multiple retailers, which is how we know what’s working in stores.

Here are 10 booths to see at the NACS Show 2026, listed in alphabetical order.

Altaine

Altaine will be demonstrating how integrated technologies create a frictionless and flexible customer journey, from food ordering to payment to kitchen management to pickup. Whether customers order ahead in your branded app/website, on-site through a kiosk, or through third-party delivery marketplaces, Altaine’s Q-Jmp middleware integrates seamlessly with existing POS and enterprise systems, enhancing rather than replacing current investments. At NACS 2026, you’ll see examples of this at the Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions booth and the GK booth.

Diebold Nixdorf

Diebold Nixdorf will be showcasing their Vynamic® Retail Platform, a unified software platform designed to help retailers simplify operations, connect store experiences, and adapt to evolving business needs across formats and touchpoints. Running on the BEETLE A2110, the demonstration in booth C5975 features Vynamic FCx, the fuel and convenience industry solution within the platform, highlighting an integrated approach to managing modern store operations.

Elo

Elo will be showcasing interactive technology designed to help convenience stores increase throughput, simplify operations, and improve the customer experience. Visit booth C6079 to see Elo Wallaby SCO streamline the self-checkout journey, explore how the Elo AI Edge Pack brings AI capabilities directly to the edge, and discover the durable 22-inch I-Series Steel built to support demanding kitchen display system workflows. See how Elo’s integrated solutions can create more efficient, connected experiences across the store.

Esper

In booth C5975, Esper will be showcasing their platform and demoing management capabilities using features like locking down devices in kiosk mode, OTA updates, and remote management. Esper is the device management infrastructure platform for enterprises whose fleet complexity has outgrown the team running it. Where general-purpose MDMs treat devices as endpoints, Esper treats them as infrastructure — giving engineering leaders the foundation of automation, reliability, and intelligence cloud-native software has had for two decades, applied to the physical world. The platform combines Esper Deploy for declarative configuration, zero-touch Seamless Provisioning, OS-layer control via Esper Foundation, Airwave OTA for firmware, and Esper Insite for fleet intelligence — across Android, Windows, iOS, and Linux.

GK Software

In booth C6461, GK will be showcasing a full range of convenience/fuel solutions for the forecourt, retail operations, food service, self-checkout, fleets, and more. GK Drive puts fuel (retail and commercial fuel), payment, and in-store sales on one point-of-sale system. GK Food Service works with Altaine and PerfectCo to handle grab-and-go and made-to-order food, ordered in-store or online. GK Vision uses AI-powered video analytics with standard USB cameras to reduce self-checkout fraud and handle age verification. GK Engage runs AI-driven loyalty programs and personalized customer experiences. GK Operations covers store and device management, a role-based employee portal, and rules-based returns. The idea is getting customers from the pump into the store, with one view of each customer at every touchpoint.

Kitestring

At booth C5975, Kitestring is running the Connected Convenience Experience, an immersive retail journey designed to show what c-store technology looks like when it actually works together. We will be showcasing an emerging technology, LISNR proximity-triggered activations, alongside Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Diebold Nixdorf, GK, and Scale Computing software that will run on Elo, MicroTouch, Toshiba, and Diebold Nixdorf hardware, demonstrating the ability to mix and match the right solution for you, the retailer.

MicroTouch

MicroTouch will be showcasing innovative touch solutions designed for the global convenience and fuel retailing industry. Attendees can experience their latest purpose-built computing platforms firsthand, including the Mach M1-101RT-A1 Android Tablet, featuring the MTK 8390 processor and commercial-grade durability in a mobile form factor; the Mach M1-215KD-AA3 21.5” Android Stainless Steel Touch Computer, combining high-performance computing with a rugged stainless-steel enclosure; and the Mach M1-215IC 21.5” Android All-in-One Touch Computer, delivering commercial-grade robustness in a sleek, consumer-inspired design. Stop by the Kitestring booth to see these solutions in action and learn how MicroTouch can support the evolving technology needs of convenience and fuel retailers worldwide.

NCR Voyix

Visit booth C6522 to see how NCR Voyix is helping retailers unify commercial and retail fuel, foodservice, loyalty, payments, and store operations on a single modern POS and an open and connected, commerce platform. While many providers focus on one piece of the operation, NCR Voyix connects the forecourt, store, and back office while enabling payments across in-store, at-pump, and digital experiences, including fleet and fuel card acceptance. Attendees can get hands-on with solutions designed to simplify complex technology environments, deliver seamless experiences from pump to purchase, and give retailers the flexibility to evolve as their business grows.

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions

In booth C6509, Toshiba will show how ELERA® connects ordering, payment, loyalty, and fuel through a single platform that owns the transaction and orchestration layer. Visitors can follow a full c-store journey: prepay for fuel, order food at a self-service kiosk, and check out at the register with everything on one order, complete with targeted offers on the customer display and a coupon applied at checkout. Behind the counter, the kitchen area shows orders flowing to a partner kitchen display. ELERA® is open by design. It works with partners for kitchen management and retail media, and it offers APIs for retailers who want to build their own. Retailers can even replace ELERA®’s interface with their own branded UI, so they control the customer experience while ELERA® runs the transaction underneath.

Tote.ai

Tote.ai will be showcasing AI-native point-of-sale solutions used by the likes of Huck’s, Loop Neighborhood, Spinx, and Weigel’s. Their demos include One Customer, One Cart shopping from pump to register, as well as their Genie Associate AI. Swing by booth C6178 to see Tote.ai in action.

Those are the 10 booths you shouldn’t skip at the NACS Show 2026. Wear comfortable shoes, bring a portable charger, and we’ll see you on the show floor.