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Tracking the new products that stood out at this year’s NACS show.

There are 150,174 convenience stores operating in the United States, a 1.5 percent increase from a year earlier, reversing a four-year decline, according to the 2023 NACS/NielsenIQ Convenience Industry Store Count.

NACS research supports positive trends continuing throughout 2021. ALEXANDRIA, Va.—After a lackluster 2020, 2021 is shaping up to be a good year for convenience store sales. “I think we’re going to know in July how this year is going to finish up and if it stays on track, like it is, I think everyone’s going to be super happy with how it ends,” said Chris Rapanick, director of business development for NACS and CSX LLC, on this week’s Convenience Matters podcast, “ Examining the Convenience Industry Forecast Using a Crystal Ball and a Rear-View Mirror .” ...

Final Week to Submit Your Data The NACS State of the Industry Survey closes on March 5—submit your data today.  March 02, 2021 ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Ask any convenience retailer how often they compare their stores to others in the industry and the answer is bound to sound something like this: “Yes. All the time.” That’s the response from Kevin Smartt, president and CEO of Kwik Chek in Texas and the current chairman of NACS, who relies on benchmarking to find out how well his company is performing, both operationally and financially, and pinpoint areas that need attention. “That’s rea...

Make an Impact With State of the Industry Data Help chart a course for the industry’s future by completing the NACS SOI survey. February 16, 2021 ALEXANDRIA, Va.—On the heels of the most unprecedented year in the history of convenience retail, knowing how your organization performs versus convenience industry peers is more essential than ever. Submitting your stores’ performance data to NACS Research for the NACS State of the Industry Report® of 2020 Data(SOI Report) by March 5 will help enable the industry to unlock critical performance benchmarks and metrics that can accelerate your ...