Artificial Intelligence (AI) can provide a wide range of powerful, impactful opportunities to improve the management of modern convenience stores already equipped with closed-circuit television cameras that are mostly used for after-the-fact incident analysis. By shifting to the real-time analysis and data gathering, these stores can achieve significant improvements in all areas of performance that…
Podcast: 2023 Social Media Awards
CStore Decisions Executive Editor Erin Del Conte and Seth Bridges, founder of Rival IQ, discuss the 2023 Social Media Awards. For the third year in a row, Kwik Trip claimed the top spot as the overall winner across platforms. Listen for more on which chains took first and second place on the various platforms. New…
How to Develop Your EV Strategy
Pilot and GM have rolled out a national electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure partnership to support EV adoption. This project will see a network of 2,000 charging stalls, powered by EVgo eXtend and open to all EV brands, installed at up to 500 Pilot and Flying J travel centers across the country— connecting urban and rural…
How to Be an Outstanding Partner in Your Community
In this month’s edition of the NAG How To series, NAG Executive Director John Lofstock talks with Laura Varn, the Vice President of People, Culture and Communications for Parkland USA about How to Be an Outstanding Part of Your Community. Whether it’s helping out a community or group in need, or contributing to a cause…
How to Develop and Refine Your Retail Brand
In this month’s National Advisory Group’s (NAG) How To Video Series, NAG Executive Director John Lofstock, speaks with Peter Rasmussen, the founder and CEO of Convenience and Energy Advisors (CEA). Peter has more than 20 years of retail experience at Sheetz, Wawa and Neon Markets and discusses the salient points of bringing a new brand…
Winning the Last Mile and Boosting Online Sales
This month, CStore Decisions Editor John Lofstock speaks with Elie Y.Katz, President and CEO of National Retail Solutions (NRS) to discuss retail trends, including e-commerce, winning the battle for the last mile and expanding a loyalty program. With vast retail industry knowledge gained from having owned over a dozen retail establishments, Elie has refined insight…
How to Energize Your Retail Brand
This month, NAG Executive Director John Lofstock talks with Ernie Harker, Founder and President of Ernburn. After leading Maverik’s rebranding efforts in 2001 Ernie accepted a full-time position as Maverik’s Executive Director of Marketing in 2010 and Maverik’s brand took flight. He identified a shift in Maverik’s core customer, inspired Maverik’s audacious advertising campaigns, worked…
Conversations With Women in Convenience Featuring Christy Patient
Erin Del Conte, executive editor of CStore Decisions, speaks with Christy Patient, regional director of operations at Circle K, co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Council and co-chair of the Women’s Council, about her experiences as a woman in business. This podcast is sponsored by National Retail Solutions (NRS). CStore Decisions · Conversations With Women…
How To Create a More Efficient Global Supply Chain
As the Covid pandemic has taught us, no retail industry is immune from supply chain shortages. Dan Varroney is the President and CEO of Potomac Core, a strategic consulting firm that specializes in industry focused strategic partnerships. He sat down with NAG Executive Director John Lofstock to discuss how strategic partnerships between industries and trade…
How To Track Customer Trends With Elie Katz
This month, CStore Decisions Editor John Lofstock speaks with Elie Katz, President and CEO of National Retail Solutions (NRS) as part of the National Advisory Group’s (NAG) “How To” series about the trends he is seeing in the retail marketplace. With vast retail industry knowledge gained from having owned over a dozen retail establishments, Elie…