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The bar has been set. The 2024 NACS Show was record-breaking, with 26,124 total attendees (8.5% higher than 2023) who came to Las Vegas for another amazing industry-specific event. We're capturing NACS Show highlights in this issue of NACS Magazine, and focusing on top issues facing convenience retail: staffing, safe stores, the FDA traceability rule, and the transition to 2D barcodes. Check it out! https://bit.ly/4hzPjjJ Ben Nussbaum | Jeff Lenard | Leah Ash | Lauren Shanesy | Noelle Riddle | Logan Dion | Nancy Pappas | Stephanie Sikorski | Chrissy Blasinsky

NACS is hosting the first industry-specific Loss Prevention and Safety Symposium. The event, designed specifically for the convenience channel and its unique challenges, will take place December 3-4 in Dallas, Texas. “The volume of concerns being expressed by our members regarding protecting their people and managing their assets has risen to unprecedented levels, and so over the course of the last year we’ve convened research and an industry working group to understand the key pain points and where solutions and dialogue are needed. The result is this important new industry event,” said Lori Stillman, vice president of research and education at NACS. “It is a timely event developed for the industry by the industry, with leading convenience industry loss prevention and asset protection leaders sharing insights because it’s a topic that they care deeply about.” Read more about the event in NACS Daily and register your team today: https://bit.ly/3ChfRWM

Not only did NACS Government Relations Director Anna Ready Blom visit with SPINX Founder and Chairman Stewart Spinks and President and CEO Steve Spinks, she also checked out the new Spinx Market & Eatery in downtown Greenville, S.C. “The Spinx Market & Eatery is set to become the go-to neighborhood nook for all of life’s necessities,” the company said in a press release. The new concept features welcoming indoor and outdoor spaces and quick access to snacks, beverages and the retailer's delicious chicken biscuit. "We’re committed to being a good neighbor and providing an elevated shopping experience that makes life a little bit easier for everyone,” said Steve. Read more in NACS Daily and check out the photos below: https://lnkd.in/eHpjVVXK

Congratulations to Love's Travel Stops for hitting a huge milestone! With two new locations opening in Wichita, Kansas, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Love’s Travel Stops has surpassed the milestone of 650 stores. The Wichita location is one of Love’s largest stores to date at nearly 12,000 sq. ft. and “helps meet a big need for truck parking and other pro driver services in the Wichita metro area,” the company said. The Hattiesburg location "adds pro driver services to an area previously without a national travel stop presence.” The company also noted that its location along a major travel corridor and near recreational attractions such as the De Soto National Forest makes the store a “strategic location for Love’s growing RV network,” with six RV hookups, RV dump service, private showers, Wi-Fi service and more. Read more in #nacsdaily: https://lnkd.in/eh_H2fJX In honor of the grand opening of these travel stops, Love’s will donate $5,000 each to Atwater Neighborhood Resource Center in Wichita and United Way of Southeast Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

Convenience retailers are facing unprecedented levels of crime and safety. To help retailers address these issues, NACS is hosting the first Loss Prevention and Safety Symposium, December 3-4 in Dallas, Texas. The inaugural NACS Loss Prevention and Safety Symposium is the convenience industry’s only and fully dedicated event exclusively for convenience retailers, wholesalers and suppliers who want the latest insights, tools and resources to help them proactively prepare for and mitigate risks. In just 24 hours, attendees will be immersed in the most pressing asset protection, loss prevention and safety issues, and conversations. Learn more and join your peers and register today: https://lnkd.in/eBjTC5dD Lori Stillman | Margaret Hardin Mannion | Michael Junk | Britt Davidson, LPC, CFI | Michael Loox, CFI | Courtney Trieger | Mark Stinde, MBA, LPC | Art Lazo | Ready Training Online (RTO) | OWL Services | LottoShield | Axon | Sensormatic

A record 26,124 attendees experienced four days of education, networking and a look at what’s hot and new in the global convenience and fuel retailing industry last week at the #nacsshow. https://lnkd.in/ezaW-Uj5

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Brian Hannasch, special advisor to Alimentation Couche-Tard, has been named the 2024-25 NACS Chairman of the Board. The election took place at the NACS Board of Directors meeting during the #NACSShow in Las Vegas. https://lnkd.in/eisQiArG

NACS announced a roadmap to transition its leadership from President & CEO Henry Armour to a new leader in 2026. Armour plans to resign from his position as president and CEO at the end of 2025. The transition plan, developed over the past several years, was set in motion following a NACS Executive Committee meeting in September. https://lnkd.in/e6Kbn_83

THANK You to everyone who proved this week that this is truly the greatest industry with the greatest people. Another successful NACS Show is in the books! 💙💚 Get ready for 2025 in Chicago! www.nacsshow.com. #nacsshow #weareconvenience