csd launches web site redesign

csd launches web site redesign

New site features an industry-specific vertical search engine, industry blogs, white papers, and much more. After many, many hours of research and development, and countless hours in organizational meetings, Convenience Store Decisions is proud to launch a complete redesigned CSDecisions.com. To say developing this site was a team effort would be an understatement. This site [...]

securing the front line

securing the front line

Combining both top-of-the-line technology and in-depth training, Circle K is taking strong steps in the field of cash management. Cash management and security are essential components of any c-store operation. Retail venues of all types run high risks of robbery- from both internal and external sources-but c-stores face a higher risk due to the inherent [...]

Ad Vantage Point::Why Advertise?

Ad Vantage Point::Why Advertise?

The answer to the question “Why Advertise?” seems to be quite simple: “To increase general public awareness of the products and services that my company offers to our customers and thereby create more traffic…(and ultimately ,more SALES)…” Where this simple answer gets complicated is within the actual process of identifying an advertising opportunity — then [...]

classifieds

classifieds

CSDecisions.com and Convenience Store Decisions Group offers online classified advertising. Classified Online Advertising Rates: $25 per line (12 words). One line minimum. Contact Brenda Sizemore 706/602-3910 or email bsizemore@penton.com. ATM: Business Opportunities: Petro Properties & Finance.  Deals change regularly. Buyer qualification required to register. Email Laura@petroconsulting.com phone 866.357.2042 ext. 2 Business Services: Employment/Help Wanted: Equipment: Air [...]

the dumber they are the harder they fall

the dumber they are the harder they fall

Retail hold-ups and robberiesserve as a tent pole on the policeblotter of just about every local newspaper. And while most of these crimes tendto follow a simple formula—thief holds upstore at gun/knifepoint; thief takes moneyand runs; thief (hopefully) gets caught by thepolice—some that are a bit more unorthodox and slip through the cracks. Here’s asmall [...]

onthejob training

onthejob training

Heritage Dairy Stores and Kingsway Learning Center partner to provide a unique learning opportunity for students with disabilities. Thorofare, N.J.-based Heritage Dairy Stores hasstarted a new employee-training program. Instead of training current c-store employees, however, it’s training thec-store employees of the future as part of a new partnershipwith Kingsway Learning Center, a non-profit, non-sectarian special [...]

never stop learning

never stop learning

If there is one thing I have learned to become good at inmy personal life and my career it's learning from mymistakes. In one of my recent hockey games, trailinglate in the third period 3-1, I was able to score off a faceoff—a pretty backhand shot off the crossbar—to narrow thedeficit to 3-2. A few [...]

a man with plans

a man with plans

Norek spent a great deal of his career with 7-Eleven, working as a supervisor, gas supervisor,buyer and franchise marketing director. After a brief stint on the distribution side of the business with CoreMark, Norek returned to the retail side, signing on with CIC 7Eleven. He was responsible for 119 stores across 11 states. Healso worked [...]