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Paul Reuter

Founder and former CEO, CSP...

Articles by
Paul Reuter

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It’s Not Raining Men

Our fifth annual Consumer Insights meeting, held in November, as usual was a great success and provided lots to think about. Our exceptional, informative roster of speakers offered ways to target demo...

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Finding Balance

Well, happy new year … and a happy new year it can be, despite today’s headlines. A colleague of mine said it best in that we have a boatload of problems but need to look at the brig...

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Never Give Up

Winston Churchill’s address after the war to the graduating class at the University of Cambridge was the shortest on record. He said “never give up.” He repeated that phase three tim...

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Growing in Tough Times

Over the past two months, I’ve met with as many industry folks as possible to get their thinking on the times we are in and where we are headed. Let me snatch a comment from a lunch with Bill D...

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Tunnel Vision and the Light

Unemployment is high, debt is steep and uncertainty is in the air and in our businesses. I see it, I hear it, I feel it. And yet, from my travels and from celebrating my 62nd birthday, I sense someth...

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Learning from the Best

The recent NACS State of the Industry Summit in Partnership with CSP dug deep into the industry’s 2008 performance and stimulated our thinking about the opportunities ahead. This meeting was ric...

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A Change Headache

I just got finished writing an internal white paper about change. After all, it’s our job as leaders to see where the hockey puck is headed in order to win. For decades I have heard speakers an...

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Building Different Empires

Reading today’s cover story about how 7-Eleven and Alimentation Couche-Tard are using franchising as a total business model or a piece of a growth template, I continue to be struck by how the co...

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A Major Investment

This recession has been a roller-coaster ride. We can all relate to Jim Collins’ quote that “it’s times like these that you show your strength.” I also like this quote from Ra...

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Finding Perspective

I remember in the mid-1970s when a debate threatened the fabric of our great nation. No, not free love or anti-nukes. The designated hitter. Would Major League Baseball—the very wellspring of ...

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Civic Lessons

Only a few words into her acceptance speech, teenage country-music star Taylor Swift got a disturbing life lesson when hip-hop artist Kanye West sprung onto the stage, swiped the microphone and made a...

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The People Difference

In 1990 I purchased Convenience Store People magazine. The “people” in the name was the cornerstone of its launch. Back then, the industry was much smaller and more closely knit. The belie...

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