By Terri Allan ALEXANDRIA, Va.—While convenience store sales of beer slowed considerably last year as compared to 2020, the category remains at its highest level in years. And retailers and beer marketers are optimistic that the momentum that has lifted the segment in recent year...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—"If you’re offended when an employee decides to go, you’re probably doing something wrong as a manager,” writes Dr. David Lenihan in a Fast Company article. Lenihan, who is president of Ponce Health Sciences University and co-founder and CEO of Tiber Health, belie...

CHICAGO—Thirty-three percent of Walmart.com shoppers were aware of the Walmart+ Weekend, Walmart’s first members-only sale event held from June 2-5, 2022, compared with 94% of Amazon Prime Day 2021 shoppers. Numerator, a data and tech company serving the market research space, ha...

NEWTON, Mass.—Paytronix Systems, Inc. announced the three recipients of its 2022 Paytronix Loyaltees Awards selected from Paytronix’s customer base of more than 1,800 global brands for their innovative deployment of the Paytronix digital guest engagement platform, as well as thei...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Don’t miss NACS’ free webinar on Thursday, June 9, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss how inflation is impacting the consumer. Inflation is impacting every area of convenience retailers’ business, as retail costs climb to 40-year highs. The consumer is starting to feel the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—York, Pennsylvania-based Rutter’s announced that it has raised its starting wage to $17 an hour. “We did it again!” the company wrote on its Facebook page. “Rutter’s is proud to announce another wage increase, starting at $17 an hour!” This is the sixth time the c...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Foxtrot, an upscale convenience store retailer, has named a new president and chief financial officer, reports Grocery Dive. Liz Williams will assume the roles, having served as CEO of Drybar and CFO of Taco Bell and president of Taco Bell International. Williams ...

WASHINGTON—The cost of a barrel of oil is $120, nearly double from last August, as increased oil demand outpaces the tight global supply. Meanwhile, domestic gasoline demand rose last week in the wake of a robust Memorial Day weekend of travel, according to AAA. As a result, the ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NACS, along with other associations, has written a letter to congressional leaders asking them to extend the biodiesel blenders’ tax credit and ensure that there is parity with jet renewable fuel and other alternative fuels using the same blend stocks. “This $1.00...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Ohio legislators are seeking to pass a bill to promote the use of electric vehicles (EV) in the state by allowing power companies to charge ratepayers for the cost of building and operating new EV charging stations, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A provision ...