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The Convenience Top 101 and More

Powered by CSPedia, the c-store industry’s online business intelligence database, CSP’s editors ranked the largest c-store chains by store count—owned/operated and franchised locations—in the United States and Canada.

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CST Brands: Turning a Corner

As Kim Bowers made her first round of visits to the newly spun-off, 1,900-store CST Brands, she dismissed the corporate veneer and mixed with folks at the store level. She blended in beautifully, surprising many of the Hispanic employees with polished Spanish. Her fluency went viral through CST.

The professional car-wash industry experienced steady overall growth in 2013. Two data sets managed by International Carwash Association allow us to draw this conclusion.

To prepare for the coming year, I always like to look back and reflect on where we’ve been and what we accomplished before setting my sights on the year ahead.

Retailers expanding into new markets, bankruptcies and a look at 2014

SEC filing sets up Hess Retail as standalone company, but sale not out of question

Hess & Sunoco make headlines; 7-Eleven, Couche-Tard relatively quiet

A recap of an active, surprising year from a capital markets perspective

Travel-center scandal tops our list; see what else caught readers’ eyes

2013 was a year of retailer scandals, unpredictable acquisition activity and drama in product categories that kept the convenience store industry on its toes.

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