87% Of Retailers Didn’t Sell Tobacco to Underage Youth in 2016
Roughly 87% of Michigan retailers did not sell tobacco to youth under 18 this year, marking the 16th consecutive year vendors have been in compliance with the federal minimum rate…
FREE Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Gas Station “Skimmer” Training Alert!
Cuyahoga County (OH) gas station owners and managers are invited to “The Skinny on Skimmers,” a free training on how to protect their stations from illegal credit card skimmers. ID…
Cigarette Smoking Declines by 8.6 Million
A new CDC report shows the smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped 6% from 2005 to 2015 NACS Online Smokers are lighting up less in the United States, NPR reports.…
More Online Retailers Moving to Actual Stores
The age of web-based shopping has fueled brick-and-mortar openings NACS Online Online shopping has changed the buying habits of Americans, but many online-only retailers are opening physical locations to further…
The Possible Trump Tax Plan
By: Randall A. Denha, Esq.* After what seemed to be the longest election cycle in recent memory (in no small part due to constant media coverage), which saw jabs, upper…
Winners and Losers in the Grocery Industry from Deflation
By Andrew Harig // Food Marketing Institute We’re in the midst of one of the longest periods of food price deflation in more than 50 years. USDA reports that the…
Tuesday’s Big Winner Is Marijuana
Voters in three states—and a potential fourth—approved recreational marijuana initiatives, and several other states passed medical marijuana provisions By NACS Online Trump may have won the White House, but voters…
These Four Cities Will Impose a Soda Tax
Following Tuesday’s elections, voters approved ballot measures in four U.S. cities to impose a soda tax By NACS Online “The trickle of soda taxes is becoming a stream,” reports the…
Is Molson Coors the Real Winner in the Budweiser-Miller Merger?
By Madison.com Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) completed its acquisition of SABMiller last month, giving the megabrewer even greater global reach, but the real winner from this merger will actually be Molson Coors (NYSE: TAP),…
Federal Reserve Protects Competitive Market For Retailers To Choose Debit Networks
The U.S. central bank announced that the credit card networks’ routing screens violate the law By NACS Online Recently the Federal Reserve Board published a clarification of Regulation II which…