Help Your Business Soar Using the NACS State of the Industry Report®

Today’s dynamic convenience retail landscape requires agility, a balance of efficiency and effectiveness that can free up resources and fuel new growth. Success requires knowing where you must invest in technology and how to harness data to deliver targeted, personalized offerings and customer experiences—it’s essential to winning trips and edging out the competition. The NACS State of the Industry Report® is the industry’s best tool to navigate the maze of improving your business.

WHY IS THE NACS STATE OF THE INDUSTRY REPORT ESSENTIAL READING?

For more than 50 years, the convenience and fuel retailing industry has relied on the NACS State of the Industry Report to provide a benchmarking tool and the most comprehensive collection of data and trends. This report will help you:

Understand the “big picture” with data and analysis on economic, market and shopper dynamics.
Maximize effectiveness and profitability with insider access to aggregate financial, operational and category data from more than 27,000 convenience stores across the United States.
Benchmark against top performers in the industry and determine key drivers to their success.

WHO IS IT FOR, AND HOW WILL THEY BENEFIT?

Convenience and fuel retailers: Stay one step ahead with data and analysis that saves you time and money. Get a behind-the-scenes look at aggregate competitor data in critical areas, including financials, store operations, merchandising, foodservice, fuels and more. Suppliers to convenience retailers: Streamline R&D resources with targeted insights that will help you discover your next big product innovation or development opportunity.

Investors, real estate developers, appraisers, management consultants: Find out why investment partners and consultants like you are getting behind the $650 billion convenience industry and adding convenience to their investment portfolios. Get savvy quickly and accurately, with industry overviews, industry financial performance data and market performance comparisons.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

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—Get the insights you need at-a-glance with compelling charts, graphs and tables that illustrate key trends and patterns
Category Studies—Deep dive into mainline and subcategory performance data across a broad spectrum, including motor fuels, grocery, tobacco, foodservice and more.
NACS/NielsenIQ TDLinx Convenience Store Census—Developed by NielsenIQ 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.

HOW IS IT DELIVERED?
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 www.convenience.org or contact Chris Rapanick at [email protected].

New this year: 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.