The NACS State of the Industry enterprise is the convenience and fuel retailing industry’s leading research entity. By engaging with convenience retailers throughout the United States, the NACS Research team collects, aggregates, presents and provides commentary on operational and financial industry metrics and trends.
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NACS State of the Industry Summit
Powered by 50 years of convenience data, this one-day virtual event includes access to benchmarking data, analysis, emerging trends and executive imperatives you need to win in the game of convenience.
Apr 21-23, 2027 | Fort Worth, Texas
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Chris Rapanick
Managing Director, NACS Research
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(703) 518-4253
Chris Rapanick is the managing director of research at NACS. Chris’ team produces, the NACS State of the Industry Report, The State of the Industry Summit, SOI Compensation Report, Convenience Voices Shopper Insights Program, the CSX Benchmarking Database and thought leadership whitepapers published by NACS.
Chris came to NACS from Coca-Cola Enterprises with a love of data and the convenience channel. In his 14-year career with NACS, he has dedicated himself to helping retailers make better decisions by using data analysis and suppliers “speak the retailers’ language” by understanding the details of their business model.
Chris started his career in retail managing grocery stores for a prominent retailer in the southeast. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
