All owners and leadership from small, mid-sized, family-owned and regional convenience retail chains.

Burning Issues is the term we use to describe the aspects of the industry that will impact operators around the country regardless of their size and location. Under the umbrella of each burning issue, the content team will create a plan to discuss the most timely or “burning” issues in a general session format.

An Info Exchange is an intimate round table discussion. CStoreConnections will offer two thematic Info Exchanges at it’s annual events. Retail Leaders Exchange is the closed-door round table to retailers only. Groups of 10 – 15 will be assigned by the event team to ensure the groups are small and consist of non-competing chains. The Burning Issues Exchange offers the same intimate format but allows both retail and supplier attendees to self-select the group they will join by picking from a list of pre-determined discussion topics.

CStore Decisions’ editorial team selects c-store retailer speakers for the event with feedback from the c-store retailer community. Speakers for hire/speaker bureaus are discouraged from contacting the content team.