Convenience Matters
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 182:11:24
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Sinopse
Whether its for food, fuel, drinks or snacks about half of the U.S. population is at a convenience store every day. We sell 80% of the countrys fuel and we are 4% of the total U.S. economy. Well talk about what we see at stores and what the future may hold as long as its convenient.
Episódios
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#95 Dispensing Advice with Leaders of PEI
13/11/2017 Duração: 15minHear from the leaders of the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) about issues important to the equipment industry, fuel retailers and general public customers. Topics covered include data security, fuel dispensing technology, international engagement, and consumer protections.
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#94 LIVE With NACS Leaders at 2017 NACS Show
06/11/2017 Duração: 24minWhether looking at metrics, innovation or simply the impact on the community, RaceTrac Petroleum and Kwik Chek Food Stores are preeminent retailers in the communities they serve. We talk about their new initiatives and, more importantly, the trends driving decisions with RaceTrac Petroleum President Billy Milam and Kwik Chek Food Stores President and CEO Kevin Smartt.
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#93 How Convenient Tech Can Kill
30/10/2017 Duração: 20minThe Internet of Things has taken over humanity and all those convenient devices and appliances can team up to take you out. Hear how to stay safe in this special Halloween episode of Convenience Kills, um...Matters.
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Special: William Shatner's Take on Convenience Stores
25/10/2017 Duração: 34minWilliam Shatner candidly talks with NACS' Henry Armour and Jeff Lenard about the convenience store industry image, stores of the future and the Prime Directive.
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#92 The Practical Future for Convenience Stores
23/10/2017 Duração: 19minMichael Rogers, former Futurist-In-Residence for the New York Times and media-acclaimed journalist, looks into the future of personal and business technology and tells us what it means for convenience stores and their customers.
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#91 Keeping Convenience Stores Beautiful
16/10/2017 Duração: 18minNACS and Keep America Beautiful are helping convenience stores learn to manage trash and improve recycling. Convenience stores are more than just "America’s Trash Cans," they can be valuable community environmental neighbors.
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#90 Partnering for Human Trafficking Awareness
09/10/2017 Duração: 16minThe Blue Campaign and NACS are working together to raise public awareness about human trafficking. Tune in to learn how you can educate customers and employees to recognize human trafficking, report suspected instances and save lives.
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#89 Keep on Trucking
02/10/2017 Duração: 21minThere are roughly 34 million trucks registered for commercial use in the United States hauling about 10.5 billion tons of freight and logging almost 450 billion miles each year. Hear what keeps them moving when we talked with experts from the American Trucking Associations.
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#88 The Ultimate Lottery Winners
25/09/2017 Duração: 19minMassachusetts-based Pride Stores is well known in the area for their community giving and made national headlines selling the winning $336 million Powerball ticket in August 2017. Company Founder, Bob Bolduc, talks about the importance of giving back to neighbors and supporting customers.
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#87 Is It the End for Gas Stations?
18/09/2017 Duração: 19minInternationally, governments have pledged to end liquid fuels dominance by going all-in on electric vehicles (EVs). Will we see the U.S. go this route? We discuss a recent Fuels Institute study that might tell us what this means for the traditional gas station.
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#86 How to Go Viral and Change Your Life
11/09/2017 Duração: 19minA year ago, Frank Beard devised a unique experiment to eat nothing but gas station food for 30 days. The experience caught the media’s attention and now Frank still eats at gas stations – but with a job that pays him to do just that.
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#85 Transforming Mobility
04/09/2017 Duração: 22minToday's mobility system is centered around privately-owned, individually-driven, gas-powered personal vehicles that sit unused 95% of the day accounting for 15% of U.S. emissions that increase pollution, traffic congestion and infrastructure pressure. What emerging technologies and societal trends could create opportunities for a re-envisioned mobility future?
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#84 Partner with the Red Cross
28/08/2017 Duração: 18minDisasters – large or small – can strike anytime and anywhere devastating homes, families and communities and American Red Cross volunteers are always ready to help. In search of donations of money, goods and gratitude, hear how you can make a difference and get involved with the Red Cross.
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#83 Tomorrow’s Vehicles: Projections Through 2025
21/08/2017 Duração: 16minRegulations affecting vehicles in the United States and Canada have the potential to dramatically reshape the transportation industry by 2025. The manufactured vehicles and required fuels could influence the landscape of the fuel supply and distribution industry in the coming decade.
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#82 Protecting Your Food Brand
14/08/2017 Duração: 19minIt only takes one instance of food borne contamination - or rumor of contamination - to essentially kill your food brand and business. Hear how you can protect your customers and your reputation.
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#81 Urbanization - The Effect of Urban Development on Vehicle Travel and Fuel Demand
07/08/2017 Duração: 27minLeveraging more than 100 years of public data, experts evaluate the relationship between transportation capabilities and where and how people live. Hear insight into the dynamics that might shape living conditions as populations in urban environments expand.
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#80 Bringing Ethanol and Electricity to Market
31/07/2017 Duração: 21minWe talked with Kum & Go’s VP of Fuel, James Peroli, about selling E-15, customer reactions and his opinion on the future of mobility.
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#79 A Conversation with Cumberland Farms
24/07/2017 Duração: 23minCumberland Farms took a novel approach to growth – it downsized its store count considerably so it could reinvent itself around key initiatives and put a focus on people.
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#78 Fueling With Purpose
17/07/2017 Duração: 19minWe talked with Pete Davis, Founder and CEO of GreenPrint about consumer brand preference for sustainability and corporate social responsibility and how that affects fuel retailers.
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#77 Getting Crafty with Beer Sales
10/07/2017 Duração: 21minThe craft beer segment has been growing steadily with smart retailers devoting more cooler space to local favorites. On this episode, we talk with Virginia’s Port City Brewing Company about growing sales through clever marketing and community engagement.