U.S. convenience stores experienced a 15th straight year of record in-store sales and a 4th straight year of $10 billion-plus in pretax profits, according to newly released NACS State of the Industry data, the convenience and fuel retailing industry’s premier benchmarks and key performance category insights. The industry’s numbers were announced during the NACS State…
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USA: GasBuddy finds best gas station restrooms in the country
With summer road trip season around the corner and millions of Americans hitting the road, GasBuddy has revealed which gas station brands have the highest-rated restrooms. Tulsa-based QuikTrip secured the top seat in nine states, the most out of any other brands. Chevron came in second, leading in five states on the West Coast,…
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Maximizing Retail Sales through Loyalty
Retailing 101 still stands on the four p’s (Product, Price, Promotion and Position). Traditional convenience retailers are certainly not as threatened as other box retailers by the internet given the nature of their sales and services, but they are not completely immune to technology. In fact, they can take advantage of innovative loyalty and technology…
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