September is We Card Awareness Month and 2015 marks the 20th Anniversary of the We Card Program and its service to the retail community to raise awareness of and compliance with tobacco and age-restricted product laws (now including e-vapor products.) MIRA encourages all retailers to continue in their efforts to successfully identify and prevent age-restricted…
DetailsAcquisition to offer an increasingly rich and deeper brand experience Mast-Jägermeister SE (MJ) recently announced that it has acquired 100 percent of the stock of Sidney Frank Importing Company, Inc. (SFIC), its former U.S.-based importer. With the closing of the deal on August 3, 2015, Mast-Jägermeister now controls all dimensions of the brand’s value chain…
DetailsNew research shows that there are big differences between coastal dwellers and those in the Heartland, when it comes to this all-important demographic NACS Online While much has been written about Millennials under the assumption that they are all cut from the same (trendy) cloth, that assumption may not be entirely accurate, particularly when understanding…
DetailsNew NACS resource provides tips for retailers to build and expand fresh produce offerings NACS Online As more convenience stores consider expanding their fresh produce offer in stores, a new resource has been published to help them examine what they need to consider to achieve success with a fresh produce program. “Are You Fit for…
DetailsBy Colleen Shalby // PBS We are a nation of drinkers. Alcohol’s storied relationship with the U.S. dates back to the dawn of the nation, according to Derek Brown, chief spirits advisor for the National Archives Museum’s “Spirited Republic” exhibit. Brown is an innovator of cocktails who owns several bars in Washington, D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood.…
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DetailsSurveys show that gift cards are most requested item for the eighth year in a row NACS Online Gift cards are booming in the United States, and even catching on around the world. For the past eight years, those plastic cards have been the most requested gift in America, according to surveys by the National…
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DetailsBottled water is on track to outsell soda by 2017, buoyed by dozens of new high-end waters NACS Online Despite some potential downside —cost and over-use of plastic–Americans’ thirst for bottled water just keeps growing, writes the Wall Street Journal, citing a 7% increase in bottled water volume over last year and putting it on…
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