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March 26, 2013
7-Eleven leases 17 stores in Cleveland area

7-Eleven will rebrand convenience stores in Ohio’s Cuyahoga and Lorain counties as part of a 19-store lease from Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Gas Partners LP.

February 19, 2013
Report: C-store saw traffic bumps in 2012

A report released by research company NPD Group found that the convenience store sector experienced marked gains last year, as visits increased 4.6% in the fourth quarter and grew an average of 3.7% per month for 2012.

January 24, 2013
C-store total poised to surpass 150,000 units

The latest data from Nielsen shows the number of U.S. convenience stores continues to expand and last year set a new record with 149,220 units.

December 10, 2012
Couche-Tard acquires 29 stores in Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announced that it has signed, through its wholly owned indirect subsidiary, Mac's Convenience Stores LLC, an agreement to acquire 29 stores, 25 stores are located in Illinois, three in Missouri and one in Oklahoma.

December 4, 2012
Report: C-store traffic declines in Q3

A report by NPD Group found that total consumer traffic through convenience stores was down 2.1% in the third quarter, compared with the same period last year.

October 11, 2012
Carrefour Q3 revenue up

Carrefour SA reported that its revenue edged up in its third quarter, driven by strong sales in its convenience stores and markets in Asia and Latin America.

September 11, 2012
Casey’s picks up 22 Kum & Go stores

Kum & Go and Casey’s General Stores announced that they have signed an agreement for Casey’s to acquire 22 convenience stores from Kum & Go.

June 25, 2012
7-Eleven completes acquisition of 18 Open Pantry stores

7-Eleven announced that it has completed a transaction to acquire 18 Open Pantry convenience store locations in Wisconsin, primarily in the greater Milwaukee and Madison markets.

June 25, 2012
Study: Hispanics visit c-stores more frequently

On average, Hispanics visit convenience stores more frequently on a monthly basis compared to non-Hispanics, according to a recently released report by The NPD Group.

June 14, 2012
7-Eleven acquires 23 Texas c-stores; on target to open 630 stores in 2012

7-Eleven said it has completed its previously announced transaction with convenience store operator Strasburger Enterprises and has acquired 23 c-stores in Texas, mostly under the Quix banner.

May 16, 2012
Jacksons Food Stores selects Acumera to build and manage secure network

Acumera announced today that Meridian, Idaho-based Jacksons Food Stores, Inc. has selected Acumera to build, monitor and manage a secure network, interconnecting the convenience store chain’s more than 200 retail locations with more than 1,900 store systems.

May 7, 2012
Industry Trends: C-store traffic up in first quarter

The mild winter weather across much of the country helped to offset the negative impact that rising gas prices traditionally have on convenience store visits, according to The NPD Group.

April 12, 2012
7-Eleven and Cardtronics expand ATM relationship to Canada

ATM owner Cardtronics said that it been named the exclusive provider of ATM services to all 7-Eleven convenience stores in Canada.

April 4, 2012
Convenience store sales totaled $682 billion in 2011

In-store convenience store sales grew 2.4%, reaching a record $195.0 billion in 2011, according to data released Wednesday by NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores).

April 3, 2012
American Express stops selling gift cards in New Jersey over ZIP code requirement

American Express Co. has become the first company to pull its gift cards from being sold in New Jersey drug stores, supermarkets and convenience stores in response to a controversial new revision in the state's unclaimed property law.

January 4, 2012
Subway to add 2,500 locations in 2012

Subway Restaurants plans to add 2,500 restaurants in 2012, according to a report on QSRweb.com.

January 3, 2012
Parker’s Convenience Stores rolls out PriceAdvantage software solution

PriceAdvantage, a division of Skyline Products, announced that Parker's Convenience Stores has successfully completed its rollout of PriceAdvantage Enterprise.

December 14, 2011
Keeping Customers Engaged When Virtual and Real World Retail Strategies Converge

By Kenneth Gruskin, Gruskin Group

November 23, 2011
Retailers sue Federal Reserve

A coalition of retail organizations, including the National Retail Federation, the Food Marketing Institute and the National Association of Convenience Stores, have filed a lawsuit charging that the Federal Reserve failed to comply with a new law requiring it to reduce fees bank charge retailers when shoppers use credit cards.

October 24, 2011
Deploying Retail to Support Our Troops 


In the 39 years Michael Howard has been with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (the Exchange), he has traveled the world and proudly held leadership roles in one of the nation’s oldest and most far-flung retail organizations. Now in its 116th year of operation, the Exchange is responsible for some 3,024 facilities worldwide, including sites that serve troops deployed in combat locations or the most remote areas.

July 13, 2011
7-Eleven remodels 1,000-plus stores in four months

7-Eleven has completed upgrades in more than 1,000 of its stores in the greater New York City, Northern and Central New Jersey, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., areas.

June 13, 2011
The Pantry to sell 114 stores

Convenience-store operator The Pantry is selling 114 locations located in nine states throughout the Southeast.

June 3, 2011
Casey’s to purchase 22 stores in Iowa

Casey’s General Stores and Kum & Go announced that they have signed a definitive purchase agreement for Casey’s to acquire 22 convenience stores from Kum & Go.

June 2, 2011
Cogent Group acquires 12 c-stores

Real estate investment firm The Cogent Group said Thursday it has acquired 12 convenience stores & gas stations in the Charlottesville, Va. market.

May 17, 2011
PetroChina rolls out Retalix StorePoint

Retalix announced Tuesday that PetroChina has completed a rollout of its StorePoint POS and StorePoint Fuel solutions to more than 16,000 convenience store and fuel locations across China.

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