date:Sep 06, 2018
Last year marked another record year for the convenience store channel. Although other channels might be closing stores in response to eCommerce trends, convenience store chains are expanding their brick-and-mortar presence. The number of U.S. convenience stores grew to a record of 154,958 stores as of Dec. 31, 2017, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), Alexandria, Va. This accounts for 34.4 percent of the brick-and-mortar stores tracked by New York-based Nielsen,