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  • C-store IQ: Gasoline Report

    Price and location power gas sales What do people consider important when they are making a gasoline buying decision?
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  • Companies rush to pivot advertising plans during COVID-19 pandemic

    As the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread, Tim Hortons reviewed its advertising plans and decided they no longer made sense as store closures, wide-scale layoffs and physical distancing upended life in Canada.

  • Cracking down on price gouging

    Canadians have been concerned about food supply and food prices since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • Ontario delays new vaping regulations

    Ontario's Ministry of Health is hitting pause on a series of new vaping regulations that were to come into effect on May 1.The implementation of the new regulations, which have far-reaching effects on the convenience sector, will now be delayed until July 1, giving all parties time to make adjustments while also dealing with the business impacts of COVID-19.“We commend the Ontario government for listening to our concerns regarding the May 1st deadline to remove vaping products from our stores which was not feasible or in the public interest,” says Anne Kothawala, president & CEO of the Convenience Industry Council of Canada.

  • 7-Eleven increases franchisee support during COVID-19 crisis

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  • Online marketing: Be where your customers are

    How can a business offering products or services raise their reputation and visibility in the marketplace?
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  • Essential services: Cross Canada update

    C-stores and gas stations across the country remain open under ever-changing guidelines, according to the Convenience Industry Council of Canada's Coast to Coast Update.
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  • Video and printable guidelines remind customers to shop smart

    Retail Council of Canada (RCC), on behalf of the retail industry in Canada, is sharing a short video and other resources outlining the precautions and guidelines convenience, grocery and drugstore shoppers should follow to keep everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.It's a welcome move, as retailers struggle to keep themselves and staff save from customers who "just don't get it."Convenience Store News Canada and Octane asked c-store and gas operators about how the crisis is affecting their business and here's what we heard in terms of how customers are behaving in-store."We still have groups of young kids/teens coming in together for snack items.

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