Customers can receive a free car wash when they stop by a Terrible’s Nov. 22 and 23. Las Vegas-based Terrible’s Car Wash, Lube and Convenience Store locations have been an inseparable part of the Las Vegas landscape for generations, and Mr. Terrible is as recognizable of an icon for the city as the Welcome To…
Dunkin’ Donuts Runs Black Friday Twitter Promotion
Some lucky followers will receive a Keurig brewer and box of Dunkin’ Donuts K-Cup packs. Dunkin’ Donuts is helping customers kick off the holiday shopping season by putting the “K” in Black Friday, brewing up a special Twitter promotion that gives fans the chance to win an early holiday gift – a Keurig brewer and…
Walgreens to Give Away One Million Redbox Movies
The first 130 Walgreens customers at stores on Thanksgiving nationwide will receive a Redbox promotional code for a free one-day DVD rental. Walgreens is offering one million reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving by rewarding the first 130 customers to make a purchase at more than 7,700 locations nationwide on Thanksgiving Day with a…
Gas Rewards Programs Drive Loyalty to Sponsoring Retailers
The Convenience Consumer Insights Panel finds that convenience store owners not engaged in a fuel program are missing significant sales opportunities. By Trish Temmerman, Management Science Associates (MSA). The pinch of the recession is forcing consumers to take a hard look at where they can tighten their belts and how they can stretch their hard-earned…
Local Store Marketing: Store Anniversaries
By John Matthews, founder and president of Gray Cat Enterprises Inc. Over the course of the last eight years, I have delivered a speech called “Local Store Marketing for Retailers” at least 50 times. This speech is designed to give retailers – both single store and multi-unit operators–a number of marketing ideas that they should…
Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
By John Matthews, founder and president of Gray Cat Enterprises Inc. “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) are a vital resource to managing your business. Each selected KPI can be your bellwether indicator for all departments and take the guesswork out of your strategy. Rather than relying on old adages…
Break-Even Analysis
By John Matthews, founder and president of Gray Cat Enterprises Inc. One of the most-asked questions I hear from store owners is “What sales volume does my store need in order to make money?” While it would be convenient to rattle off a sales figure off the top of my head, it undoubtedly is a…
Breaking News: Lawsuit Filed Over Fed’s Swipe Fee Ruling
“The Federal Reserve missed an opportunity to give consumers the relief that they deserve and this needs to be corrected,” says NACS president and CEO Hank Armour. Flawed debit card swipe fee reform regulations issued by the Federal Reserve have allowed big banks to continue charging unjustifiably high swipe fees and discouraged price competition among…
VPS, ExxonMobil Aid Local Schools
Some 50 local schools gain math and science grants through ExxonMobil Educational Alliance. VPS Convenience Store Group and the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program have awarded $25,000 in grant funding to 50 schools throughout its southeast service area to support math and science education. The company worked closely with school officials to secure the grants, which…
Mansfield Earns Industry Recognition
Mansfield named multi-category finalist ahead of 2011 Platts Global Energy Awards. Mansfield Oil Co. has once again been named a multi-category finalist in the Platts Global Energy Awards. The 2011 Awards, which will take place on Dec. 1, mark the company’s fifth straight year as a finalist at the energy industry’s most prestigious event. On…