CDC: E-Cigarette Use by Youths Tripled in 2014Cigarette use declined by about 3 percent during the same time. Strong First Quarter Buoys C-store Retailers’ Optimism About Q2Lower fuel prices are having a positive effect. More Good Times Ahead for C-store Retailers Optimism abounds at 2015 NACS State of the Industry Summit. Category Snapshot: Ice Cream & Frozen Novelties Nielsen data shows c-store sales growth outpacing other channels. 2014 Was Historic Sales Year for U.S. C-store Industry In-store sales increased by 4.6 percent to total $214.9 billion. NRF Invests In Research, Analysis Tools Establishes the Retail Research and Analysis Center. Flavors Stirring Up Sales of Alcoholic Beverages Nielsen study measures factors like age, gender and location. Summer Gas Prices to Drop More Than $1 Below 2014 Consumers expected to pay lowest annual motor fuel expenditures in 11 years. Innovation in U.S. Chocolate Market Trailing Global Pace Europe accounts for 51 percent of new products. Spring 2015 Gas Prices Not Seeing Dramatic Spikes So Far National average to stay below $3 all this year. First Previous 93 94 95 96 97 Next Last