News
Stock advice and product news for convenience stores, smoke shops and specialty retail.
News
-
Stocking Incense: A Small-Footprint Category With Real Margin
Incense takes up almost no shelf space, never expires, and sells to a customer who buys on scent rather than price. Here is how to...
Stocking Incense: A Small-Footprint Category With Real Margin -
The Dying Phone Sale: Why Charging Accessories Belong at Your Counter
A customer with a phone at four percent is the least price-sensitive person who will walk into your shop all week. Here is how to...
The Dying Phone Sale: Why Charging Accessories Belong at Your Counter -
Energy Shots vs Energy Drinks: What Actually Moves at the Counter
They look like one category and they are not. Shots and cans sell to different customers, at different moments, from different parts of the store...
Energy Shots vs Energy Drinks: What Actually Moves at the Counter -
Why Lighters Are the Most Reliable Category on Your Counter
Lighters are the least exciting thing on your counter and the most dependable. Here is why they behave differently from almost everything else you stock...
Why Lighters Are the Most Reliable Category on Your Counter -
What Sells at the Register: A Practical Guide to Convenience Store Counter Displays
The counter is the smallest piece of floor space in your shop and the hardest working. Here is how to arrange it so it earns...
What Sells at the Register: A Practical Guide to Convenience Store Counter Displays
