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Are Kum & Go and Del Taco Doing Loyalty Programs Right?
Loyalty programs can take many forms. From a punch-card style program where customers eventually get an item after a certain number of purchases to...
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2023 Convenience Store Trends: Food, Fuel, and the Future
Consumers don’t care about the traditional divisions between industries. Channel blurring, the purchasing of goods and services from an alternative...
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New Cars, Electric Vehicles, and Insurance Coverage
Summer is in full swing and consumers who are looking to get out and enjoy the weather need reliable transportation. This naturally has them...
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Tobacco Compliance: Age Verification in 2023
Tobacco is a major source of revenue for convenience stores. According to Convenience Store News, cigarette sales drive roughly 20% of gross margins...
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Will Discount Stores be 2023's Disruptors?
Consumer trends over the past few years have been volatile, to say the least. As concerns shifted away from health and safety, we saw traditional...
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Fall 2022 Mobile Ordering Trends
The rapid evolution of technology continues to impact every industry and raise consumer expectations around how brands incorporate it into their...
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Five Opportunities for Convenience Stores in 2023
As the summer comes to a close and brands look ahead to 2023, Cameron Watt, President & CEO of Intouch Insight, addressed attendees of the Outlook...
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Coffee: A Hot Commodity for Convenience Stores
Coffee is a big part of many consumers’ daily routines. Whether it’s a kick of caffeine in the morning or a little boost to power through the...
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How Convenience Stores Can Capitalize on Mystery Shopping
It's a great time to be in the convenience industry. The changes in consumer habits that we’ve tracked over the past two years show people are making...
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Consumer Habits: How Petro-Convenience Stores Can Prepare for 2022
Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic petro and convenience stores have demonstrated just how nimble they can be by rolling out new...