Today’s dynamic convenience retail landscape requires a balance of efficiency and effectiveness that can free up resources and fuel new growth. Success requires knowing where you must invest and how to harness data to deliver targeted, personalized offerings and customer experiences.

The NACS State of the Industry (SOI) Report® is the industry’s best tool for improving your business. For more than 50 years, the convenience and fuel retailing industry has relied on the SOI Report to provide a benchmarking tool and the most comprehensive collection of data and trends. The SOI Report will help you:

• Understand the big picture with data and analysis on economic, market and shopper dynamics.

• Maximize effectiveness and profitability with access to aggregate financial, operational and category data from more than 30,000 convenience stores across the United States.

• Benchmark against top performers in the industry and determine key drivers to their success.

Retailers get a behind-the-scenes look at aggregate data in critical areas, including financials, store operations, merchandising, foodservice, fuels and more. Suppliers will be able to streamline R&D resources with targeted insights that will help them discover their next big product innovation or development opportunity.

Here’s what you’ll find:

• The Convenience Shopper—Valuable consumer insights from the NACS Convenience Voices program.

• Regional Performance—Comprehensive regional data.

• Industry Overview—Critical findings and actionable recommendations from veteran industry analysts.

• Data Visualizations—The insights you need at a glance with compelling charts, graphs and tables that illustrate key trends and patterns.

• Category Studies—A deep dive into category and subcategory performance data across a broad spectrum, including motor fuels, grocery, tobacco, foodservice and more.

• NACS/NIQ Convenience Store Census—Developed by NIQ TDLinx, the premier source of retail/on-premise channel information and endorsed by NACS, the Convenience Store Census offers universally accepted counts and classifications of businesses in the convenience and fuel retailing channel.

Upon purchase of a digital license, you will receive access to the report through a DRM-secured PDF through your convenience.org login profile. Discounts are available for purchasing multiple licenses. Purchase your copy of the State of the Industry Report at convenience.org/SOIReport or contact Chris Rapanick at [email protected].

NACS Pro Tip: Submit your data to the NACS State of the Industry Survey and receive a complimentary license of the NACS State of the Industry Report and one complimentary registration to the NACS State of the Industry Summit.

Don’t Forget: NACS Research has imported all the data from the past 10 years of the NACS State of the Industry Report into a searchable database. The NACS State of the Industry Data Archive is now available online via subscription to NACS members only.