Industry Strong Despite a Sluggish Economy.

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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      NATIONAL Association of Convenience Stores (U.S.)
    • Subject Terms:
      PARKER, Greg
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the increase in the convenience store sales by 4.9% although the U.S. economy had seen a 7% decrease in the retail industry sales according to the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). It states that Greg Parker, NACS vice chairman of research, had revealed the economic condition and overall profits of the convenience stores in Chicago, Illinois. It also says that the increase in the sales of the retail industry in the U.S. was led by cigarettes.