The Undiscovered Monterey Peninsula
The Undiscovered Monterey County Part 1: Pacific Grove (From time to time the SSCS blog will feature short profiles of interesting attractions in and around SSCS headquarters, written by [...]
The Undiscovered Monterey County Part 1: Pacific Grove (From time to time the SSCS blog will feature short profiles of interesting attractions in and around SSCS headquarters, written by [...]
Pandora's Box “Give them what they want.” Type that phrase into any search engine. Up will pop listings for any number of marketing gurus and sales pundits who’ll tell [...]
American Dreams: Alive and Well! Naysayers will tell you the American Dream has passed on, but they’re wrong. It’s alive and well here at SSCS and it’s reflected in [...]
The C-Store Goes to College What do you think of when you hear the word, "university"? Craggy, white-haired faculty wearing tweedy sport coats with elbow patches? Row after row [...]
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble." — William Shakespeare MacBeth If you walk into a C-Store today, there's a good chance you may find brews, teas [...]
Customer Loyalty Programs Blog writers may be inside the industry, but we’re shoppers like anyone else. We research industry trends and strategies, then circulate stories about them. When we [...]
You Say You Love Me...Now Prove It! Talk is cheap; C-Store loyalty programs are the real deal. Sales and motivational guru Zig Ziglar once said, "The foundation stones for [...]
In the daily grind it’s easy to lose sight of how fortunate we are to be part of an industry that is experiencing growth and being swept by innovation. [...]
It's a Wonderful C-Store What would the Holiday Season be without convenience retailers? You know that Christmas movie, It’s a Wonderful Life with James Stewart? The one where a [...]
They're Watching You. Better Make the Most of It. Everybody’s getting a little nervous about losing their privacy. Confidential information surfaces randomly from the bottomless Internet sea. Smartphone users [...]