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On the Road to Recovery
from CSN-0122
by ensembleiq
STUDY 2022
NAVIGATING DETOURS HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE INDUSTRY, BUT 2022 BRINGS SIGNS OF CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AND HOPE. HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE INDUSTRY, BUT 2022 BRINGS SIGNS OF CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AND HOPE. NAVIGATING DETOURS HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE INDUSTRY, BUT 2022 BRINGS SIGNS OF CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AND HOPE
A Convenience Store News Staff Report
A YEAR AGO, as the calendar turned the page to 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic was casting a big shadow over the convenience store industry’s outlook on the year ahead. Now, as the calendar turns the page to 2022, the pandemic is still ever-present, but the c-store industry’s retailers, suppliers and wholesalers have become pros at navigating detours and finding new routes to satisfy consumers’ changing expectations for convenient shopping.
Half of the convenience channel’s retailers, and a majority of the industry’s suppliers and wholesalers, are heading into this new year optimistic about their overall business prospects, according to the findings of the 2022 Convenience Store News Forecast Study.
Read on to learn more about what the industry’s key players predict for 2022, the challenges they’re ready to meet, and what they have planned to boost their sales and profitability.
