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Get great content like this right in your inbox.Subscribe NATIONAL REPORT Citing negative influences such as the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerated competition from e-commerce, retailer consolidation and increased government regulation, the nation’s convenience store industry suppliers, distributors and brokers began 2021 with a darker outlook than last year. Only 54 percent of convenience channel suppliers say they have a positive view on the U.S. economy for the year ahead, compared to 79 percent of last year’s respondents in the Convenience Store News Forecast Study. Those with a negative economic view more than tripled to 28 percent this year vs. just 9 percent in 2020. Eighteen percent have a neutral view. ....