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December 2020

December 2020

See learnings from the NACS Crack the Code Experience, get an exclusive look at 7-Eleven’s new direction, discover how the pandemic is pushing a c-store design rethink and find out why QR codes are popping up everywhere.

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Features

Weak Signals No More

How the pandemic is shaping 10 key trends in the convenience and fuel retailing industry.

The Reimaging of 7-Eleven

The global brand’s drive to rethink, remodel and regroup with an eye toward expanding its appeal.

Code Switch

New tech, new drivers revive the use case for QR codes in retail.

Bright Ideas

Leaders taught leaders as the convenience community gathered at the Crack the Code Experience.

Pandemic Pushes Design Rethink

Queuing and traffic pattern adaptations may reflect a more permanent change in the consumer shopping experience.

Departments

Back Page

Celebrity Sightings

Category Close-Up

A Full Pack

Reversing recent history, cigarettes are a bright spot in a chaotic year.

From the Editor

A New Perspective

Gas Station Gourmet

Be Our Guest

In a New Hampshire tourist town, Meredith Station makes visitors and locals feel at home.

Global Trends

German Convenience

A Q&A with REWE To Go reveals how it optimizes store design and offers for high-traffic locations.

Good Work

Maxol Plants 10,000 Trees

Ideas 2 Go

Part of the Neighborhood

Franklin Bros. Market diversified its offerings and added online ordering and curbside pickup.

Inside Washington

One Voice: Richard Spresser

NACS Advocacy in the Courts

The Year in Review

NACS examines the top legislative issues affecting the convenience industry.

NACS News

Fuels Institute Evaluates Emission-Reduction Efforts

Highs and Lows

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