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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...

Container xChange undercover survey: Forwarders failing to tap latent shipper-owned container capacity to tackle shortages Mystery Shopper’ undercover survey of the world’s 50 largest freight forwarders finds acceptance of Shipper Owned Containers (SOC) is improving, but remains a rarity despite container shortages Just 10% of forwarders surveyed could source an SOC and organise the shipment from China to Europe, finds latest Container xChange report Commenting on the results, logistics guru Wolfgang Lehmacher says greater use of SOCs can “empower” forwarders and NVOCCs, and reduce co...

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 ...