Global Convenience Store Focus
Global Convenience Store Focus > December 2008 issue
Essential c-store news from around the globe, market data and analysis plus insight, opinions and comment from leading executives in the sector.
December 2008 Issue
- Loyalty and innovation drive Statoil Norway's convenience store success
- C-TV visit to Tesco's global award-winning environmental Express store
- Service drives Australian c-store market
- Lidl Express in convenience push
- One Off: a Slice of Shanghai
- Value retailers continue to shine in UK
- Fruits and spice will inspire new products in 2009
- Local food props up speciality stores
- Latest Irish c-stores featured in Insight/NACS Dublin event
- U.S. convenience stores to rise to the festive challenge
- Beauty industry to consolidate
- European value own label sales soar
- Credit crunch is opportunity for c-stores
- Europeans make a record number of purchases online
- Convenience outperforms total grocery
- Convenience set to benefit at Christmas
- Scott's convenience expedition: Turkey to Tokyo
- Sharon's c-store diary: seasonal scheduling
- Pre-paid technology is opportunity for convenience stores
- A tale of two cities: Chicago c-stores delight
- Exclusive: Don't Miss International Diary Dates
Dear Reader,
Insight and NACS are delighted to bring you the third Global Convenience Store Focus, a monthly online newsletter featuring the hottest developments in international c-store retailing.
As we approach the year's end, it is fitting that the content of this edition looks ahead with some positive predictions for the convenience sector in 2009 and beyond. As James Walton, chief economist at the IGD, succinctly put it: “The news is good, in parts.”
Value, for one, is here to stay. Find out how it will impact convenience, according to TNS Worldpanel and Planet Retail. But value alone is not sufficient to retain customers. Discover how the Australian convenience store market leverages its strengths in customer service to drive sales and how Statoil Norway promotes customer loyalty via club schemes and fresh food innovations. Read how Mills Group in the UK has transformed its business from a news agency into a full convenience store operation and how it continues to evolve.
Environmental issues are here for the long term too. Take a look around Tesco's award-winning eco Express store in our new Airplay C-TV feature and read how sales of local foods are benefiting small food stores.
Elsewhere, Scott Annan, director at convenience consultancy, srcg, takes us on a East-West convenience store tour, pinpointing latest developments in two vibrant markets, Turkey and Tokyo. And Mintel predicts the hot product trends for 2009: Lavender chocolate and cactus toast anyone? Click on the headlines to find out more. Crystal ball gazing has never been so convenient.
Fiona Briggs
Editor
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