Convenience Matters

National Association of Convenience Stores
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Convenience Matters

Whether it’s for food, fuel, drinks or snacks — about half of the U.S. population is at a convenience store every day. We sell 80% of the country’s fuel and we are 4% of the total U.S. economy. We’ll talk about what we see at stores — and what the future may hold — as long as it’s convenient.

  1. 4 HR. AGO

    How Abolishing the Penny Would Affect Retail Transactions

    President Trump and Elon Musk have both advocated for the elimination of the penny. We share insights from customers on whether they agree and how it would affect transactions in convenience stores. Hosted by: Jeff Lenard, NACS Media & Strategic Communications

    21 min

  2. FEB 17

    Why Aren’t More Retailers Targeting Drivers?

    The gas price sign used to be the most important means of communications to attract drivers to c-stores. Today, digital communications have unleashed many other more effective opportunities to tell customers about your offer by appealing to their known behaviors. Hosted by: Jeff Lenard About our Guest: Fred Dimesa, Head of Product for Marketing Solutions, Arity Fred is head of product for marketing solutions at Arity. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing strategies and launching new businesses in the technology space.

    29 min

  3. FEB 10

    An Early Look at 2024 Industry Numbers

    We look at some of the preliminary numbers related to industry performance—and what it means to you. Hosted by: Jeff Lenard About our Guest: Chris Rapanick, Managing Director, NACS Research Chris oversees the day-to-day operations of NACS Research, manages and directs departmental financial and operational performance, and drives strategic development of NACS long-term research capabilities and offerings for the convenience industry.

    26 min

  4. FEB 3

    What’s On Tap for Beer in 2025

    Beer accounts for about 7% of all dollars spent inside convenience stores. What are some of the trends that could affect sales in 2025? Hosted by: Jeff Lenard and Chrissy Blasinsky About our Guest: Benj Steinman, President, Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS Benj is the president of Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS Inc., the leading trade publisher for the United States brewing industry since 1970. He is publisher and editor of the flagship newsletter as well as several other online and print media publications.

    25 min

  5. JAN 27

    A New Administration and the Fuels Industry

    New policies from the Trump Administration could affect the broader fuels market in 2025 and beyond. Find out what could impact retailers. Hosted by: Jeff Lenard About our Guest: Denton Cinquegrana, Chief Oil Analyst, OPIS Denton has been with OPIS since 2001 and serves as the chief oil analyst, responsible for the day-to-day operations of OPIS’ news and analysis division. In his role, he also provides big picture views to OPIS subscribers on a variety of topics from supply and demand trends to anticipating price moves in the futures, spot and retail markets in North America.

    31 min

  6. JAN 20

    Big Ideas Seen at NRF’s The Big Show

    Here are some of the top retail-focused trends seem at the January 2025 NRF Show. Hosted by: Jeff Lenard About our Guest: Tim Tang, Director, Business Technologies, Hughes With 30 years of professional experience in developing enterprise solutions, Tim studies various enterprise markets (e.g. restaurant, retail, and banking/finance) to anticipate trends that will enable enterprise customers to fully unlock the business value of technology.

    30 min

  7. JAN 13

    How Japan Is Reshaping Convenience Retailing

    In just over a half century since the first c-store opened in Tokyo, the definition of convenience has been reshaped over and over throughout Asia. Hear what the big ideas are in Tokyo and which ones could be coming to your market. Hosted by: Jeff Lenard About our Guest: Mark Wohltmann, Director, NACS Global Mark is responsible for the strategic development of NACS Global, a worldwide network that supports convenience retailers and their businesses. He has more than 20 years of experience in research and consulting, with a focus on FMCG/CPG and retail. Mark began his career in the advertising industry, focusing on trade marketing and sales advertising in impulse retail channels at Dorland in Berlin and at Grey and BBDO in Duesseldorf.

    30 min

  8. JAN 6

    Top C-Store Trends for 2025 - Episode 474

    Here are the top trends for 2025 that have the potential to shape convenience retail operations and the customer experience. Hosted by: Jeff Lenard About our Guest: Lauren Shanesy, Editor/Writer, NACS Lauren has more than a decade of business journalism experience crafting content for print and online media sites. At NACS she works on operations, strategy and content development for print and digital publications that include NACS Magazine, NACS Daily and Fuels Market News Magazine.

    32 min
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Whether it’s for food, fuel, drinks or snacks — about half of the U.S. population is at a convenience store every day. We sell 80% of the country’s fuel and we are 4% of the total U.S. economy. We’ll talk about what we see at stores — and what the future may hold — as long as it’s convenient.

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  • Creator
    National Association of Convenience Stores
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    464
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    © (c) 2016 - 2024 National Association of Convenience Stores
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