Digital Issues

CStore Decisions April 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by Perfetti Van Melle. The 13th annual CSD/Humetrics HR Benchmarking Survey showcases how c-store retailers are navigating human resources challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. CStore Decisions and Humetrics, for the 13th consecutive year, have collaborated on the annual Human Resources (HR) Benchmarking Survey, which polled c-store retailers…

CStore Decisions March 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by Fully Loaded™. CStore Decisions analyzes data and emerging trends shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic across 38 categories — and how c-stores are preparing for the year ahead. At this time last year, c-store retailers were predicting a healthy economic landscape and sharing strong sales predictions across…

CStore Decisions February 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by ADD Systems. Foodservice sales are expected to rebound in 2021, especially for c-stores keeping pace with current trends — from comfort food to international and healthy fare — as well as new technology. Since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, it has steered the course of consumer trends…

Leading Through Crisis or Calm THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS between convenience store retailers and supplier partners has perhaps never been more pronounced than in 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, it waved in sweeping changes seemingly overnight and left retailers struggling to adapt. And who did operators turn to for insights and solutions? Their…

CStore Decisions January 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by ZiiP-Lab. CStore Decisions outlines best practices on social media for 2021 and highlights the c-stores performing best on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. CStore Decisions, for the ninth consecutive year, is recognizing convenience store chains standing out on social media. If there was ever a year where…

CStore Decisions December 2020 Digital Edition is sponsored by Swisher. 2020 has brought challenges to the c-store industry like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in spring, changing the way retailers approach their businesses and escalating digital disruption. Stores have scrambled to keep customers and employees safe with social distancing decals, masks and plexiglass shields.…

CStore Decisions November 2020 Digital Edition is sponsored by Smuckers The Savannah, Ga., chain is the 31st winner of the most prestigious award in the industry for convenience retailing. It’s 10 a.m. on a Wednesday, and after 44 years in the industry, no one would blink if Parker’s Founder and CEO Greg Parker took some…

CStore Decisions October 2020 Digital Edition is sponsored by Swisher The family-owned company is growing its network of company-owned stores and ExtraMile locations, while launching a wholesale branch, proprietary delivery service, loyalty program and developing its first cashierless store. H&S Energy has soared to a 112-store operation since its debut in the mid-’90s, and it’s…

CStore Decisions September 2020 Digital Edition is sponsored by Smuckers   At a time when many convenience stores were reeling amid the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago-based c-store chain Foxtrot watched its revenues double from January to May. Key to that success was Foxtrot’s ability to elevate its existing digital platform — which has…

Amid a pandemic that’s shifting norms and shopping habits, retailers nationwide must grapple with an economy in flux. As early as February, Raymond Huff predicted COVID-19 would impact his Russell’s Convenience Stores business. What he didn’t anticipate was a whopping 85% drop in sales when states locked down. The president of Denver-based HJB Convenience Corp.,…