By Jackson Lewis, Winsight // NACS Online “There’s no point only looking to the past to predict the future,” said Oliver Schlake, Ph.D. and clinical professor at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. In a fast-paced yet informative hour-long presentation on the second day of the NACS State of the Industry…
DetailsNACS Online U.S. convenience stores experienced record in-store sales of $233.0 billion in 2016—and the third straight year of $10 billion-plus in pretax profits—according to newly released NACS State of the Industry data, the convenience and fuel retailing industry’s premier benchmarks and key performance category insights. Industry Snapshot 2015 2016 % Change U.S. Store Count…
DetailsThe narrow ruling said that lower courts could hear challenges on whether the New York law inhibits how retailers advertise prices NACS Online A New York law that prohibited retailers from informing customers that using a credit card costs more cannot violate the merchants’ free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, USA Today…
DetailsBy Auday Arabo // MIRA President & CEO For over 40 years Michigan has had what is commonly referred to as the half mile rule. As you know, this rule, with a few exceptions, prohibits another store within a half mile of you from selling liquor if you already do. Is the half mile rule…
DetailsThe Second Circuit’s ruling that the settlement did not sufficiently protect the interests of some merchants will stand BY NACS ONLINE Recently, the nation’s highest court declined to hear appeals from Visa, MasterCard and certain retailers to reinstate a $5.7 billion antitrust settlement over whether the card networks unfairly fixed interchange fees. The decision means…
DetailsLetter To The Editor of The Detroit News March 30, 2017 The recent release of the Governor’s Recycling Council recommendations to enhance overall recycling in Michigan helps bring attention to a serious issue we face as a state. For decades Michigan’s recycling rate has been about 14.5 percent. This means that of all the solid…
DetailsBy Morrill & Associates To ease shopping inconvenience and create new job opportunities for youth in restaurants and supermarkets, the Chicago City Council today passed an ordinance that will allow employees between the ages of 18 and 21 to serve, sell and stock liquor in the City of Chicago. The measure was co-sponsored by Aldermen…
DetailsA new national survey from NACS shows a growing trend of consumers seeking out high-quality food and beverages as part of their fueling experience By NACS Online Americans are increasingly seeking out fueling locations based on the quality of the food associated with the gas station, according to new national survey results released today by…
DetailsWest Bloomfield, MI (March 23, 2017) – The Midwest Independent Retailers Association (MIRA) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the Court of Claims asserting that the Liquor Control Commission (LCC) violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it took only five weeks, from the time it submitted draft rules to the Office of Regulatory Reinvention rescinding the…
DetailsPublic Act 520 of 2016 amended MCL 436.1203 to create a new Third Party Facilitator Service license and to allow Specially Designated Merchant (SDM) licensees to ship wine directly to consumers. These changes become effective March 29, 2017 Third Party Facilitator Service License Specially Designated Merchant (SDM) or Specially Designated Distributor (SDD) licensees may use…
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