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The convenience stores in America in the recent times have moved towards high-end technology systems that ensure better customer service and efficient security checks. Consequently, the market for Convenience Stores in United States is reported to have witnessed a rise in the number of stores by 5.82% in 2004-05 totaling 138,205 stores across the country. The market research report “State of the U.S. Convenience Store Industry — A Market Analysis (2005)” published by RNCOS, provides a detailed study on the recent economic and technological trends, changes in consumers’ preferences, analysis of sales volume and government policies that ensure better prospects for the US Convenience Store Industry in the coming years.

Study of the industry sources revealed that 2004-05 has proved to be a profitable year for the industry surging a stupendous growth of near about 17.1% registering a record sales of US $394.7billion. Further, introduction of ATM services and advances in security deliveries lured a large number of customers to shop from convenience stores compared to supermarkets and hypermarkets.

With significant scale advantages, economies favor large chain operators in c-stores industry to introduce newer and innovative product-lines that have skyrocketed the profit margin to 23.5%, reaching $4.99billion in 2004-05. The publicly traded convenience stores have outperformed many S&P 500 composite (Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index) and the S&P 500 retail indexes in United States for the past four years.

Convenience stores are major contributors to America's economy, as well as to Americans’ standard of living and quality of life. The market research report, “State of the U.S. Convenience Store Industry — A Market Analysis (2005)”, highlights the key statistics on industry revenue, industry product sales, employment, establishments, domestic demand, and total wages. It also provides a snapshot of the main products and services offered by this industry and throws light on the factors that have a major influence on the industry. Market analysts and researchers interested in the U.S. convenience store industry can use the report for decision making and getting accurate data and statistics of the industry.

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:
– Analyzes US retail store industry and sales of food products in C-Stores by regional distribution of shops and retailers
– Provides analytical overview on the growth of US C-stores, product-wise (2005-2007)
– Assessing the Changing Trends in consumer shopping behavior and preferences
– C-Stores trade analysis (2005-2007): Estimating the growth factors.
– Advances in technology, an insight to the retail technology vis-à-vis proliferating growth rate within the sector
– Government policies and foreign investment, assessing the formidable structure and market components responding to the state of changes.
– Are US convenience stores industry open new employment opportunities in US?
– A review of US Convenience Store Industry, 2005: Count, sales, growth percentage of C-stores, Co-operatives, Petrol Forecourts, Multiples, discounters

REPORT FEATURES:
Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of this report analyze the US retail market distribution and product mix. A market analysis of the US C-stores industry by market size, sales, and regulations related to the US convenience industry is done in chapters 4 and 5. Chapters 6 and 7 deal with the consumer behavior and product trends in the industry.

Chapter 8 does a SWOT analysis of the US c-stores industry. Chapters 9, 10 and 11 discuss about technology and its significance in the industry, investments, current issues and developments, and future outlook. Chapter 12 talks in detail about the role of major players in the industry. Market share information is also included wherever possible.

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Analysis of the US Retail Market Distribution and Product Mix
3.1. Food and Non-Food Retail Sector
3.2. Petroleum and Gas Retail Services
3.3. Convenience Multiples

4. US C-Stores Industry Market, (in Numbers and %), 2005
4.1. Total Number of US C-Stores, (in numbers), 2004/05
4.2. Number of C-Stores—Regional and State-level Analysis, (in numbers and %), 2004/05
4.2.1. Northeast
4.2.2. South States
4.2.3. Midwest
4.2.4. West
4.3. Total Single-Store and Chain Stores In Operation, (in numbers and %), 2004/05
4.4. C-Stores Selling Motor Fuels, (in numbers), 2004/05
4.5. In-Store Sales, (%), 2004/05
4.6. C-Stores Closed, (in numbers), 2004
4.7. Growth and Sales Analysis of US C-stores Companies, (%), 2005
4.8. Employment Opportunities in US C-Stores, (%)

5. US C-Stores Market —Government Rules and Regulations

6. US Consumer Buying Behavior and Expenditure Pattern, (%) 2005
6.1. US Consumer Profile
6.2. US Consumer Expenditure, (%) 2005
6.3. US Consumer Shopping Frequency, (%)
6.4. US Consumer Buying Pattern of Products, (%)
6.5. Choosing C-Store Format, (%)
6.6. US Consumer Demands

7. Product Sales Trends at US C-Stores, (%), 2005
7.1. Key Product Categories, (%)
7.1.1. Tobacco and Cigarettes
7.1.2. Coffee/Hot Beverages
7.1.3. Soft Drinks
7.1.4. Food Service
7.1.5. Sports Beverages
7.1.6. Beer
7.1.7. Snacks
7.1.8. Milk & Dairy
7.1.9. Gasoline
7.1.10. Lottery
7.2. Product Market Share Gains Forecast, (%), [2010]

8. US C-Stores Industry —SWOT Analysis

9. Technology Trends in US C-Stores

10. Recent Developments and Current Issues

11. Outlook for the US Convenience Store Industry Through 2005, Beyond 2005
11.1. Future Forces and Outlook
11.2. Competitive Outlook
11.3. Technology Outlook
11.4. Planning Premises
11.4.1. Margin Pressures
11.4.2. Mergers and Acquisitions
11.4.3. Strategic Options: Optimizing the Product Categories
11.4.4. Strategic Options: Building the Convenience Business

12. Profiles of Top 15 US C-Store Companies
12.1. Shell Oil Products
12.2. 7-Eleven Inc.
12.3. BP North American
12.4. Exxon Mobile Corp.
12.5. Alimentation Couche- Tard
12.6. ChevronTexaco Corp.
12.7. Speedway SuperAmerica LLC.
12.8. Sunoco Inc.
12.9. Valero Energy Corp.
12.10. Pantry Inc.
12.11. Casey’s General Stores Inc.
12.12. ConocoPhillips Inc.
12.13. CHS Inc.
12.14. Kroger Co.
12.15. Amerada Hess Corp.

List of Figures:
Figure 1. US Retail Sales, (%) 2005
Figure 2. US Retail Inventories, (Inventory/Sales) 1990-2004
Figure 3. US C-stores Growth, (number of stores), 1993-2005
Figure 4. Total US C-stores sales, ($billion) 1998-2004
Figure 5. US C-stores Market, By Region, (%) 2005
Figure 6. US C-Stores Market, By State-wise, (%) 2005
Figure 7. Monthly & Annual Sales Retail and Food Services, ($ million) 2004
Figure 8. Major Convenience Store Mergers and Acquisitions, 2005
Figure 9. Information Technology Employees & Staffing Situation, 2005
Figure 10. Progression of Retail Automation in C-Stores, 2005
Figure 11. Implemented a Decision-Support System/Data Warehouse in C-Stores,
Figure 12. US C-Stores Market Share Change, By Product, (%) 2005
Figure 13. Annual Growth Rates for Key Product Categories in US C-Stores, (%) 1998-2004
Figure 14. C-Stores Shopping Frequency – Merchandise and Gasoline, (%) 2005
Figure 15. Motor Fuels Convenience Stores in US, (%) 2005
Figure 16. US Convenience Stores Statistics by Employment Size of Enterprise, (%) 2005
Figure 17. Per Capita spending at tobacco, (adults 18 and over) 2005
Figure 18. Beer sales at US C-Sores, (%) 2005
Figure 19. Snack sales at US C-Sores, (%) 2005
Figure 20. Lottery sales at US C-Sores, (%) 2005
Figure 21. Candy sales at US C-Sores, (%) 2005
Figure 22. Coffee sales at US C-Sores, (%) 2005
Figure 23. Soft Drink sales at US C-Sores, (%) 2005
Figure 24. Sport Beverage sales at US C-Sores, (%) 2005

List of Tables:
Table 1. Top 100 US C-Store Companies, 2004
Table 2. US Gasoline station count, by State-wise, (in number) 1995-2005
Table 3. Consumer Expenditure, ($000) 2005
Table 4. Importance Factors in Deciding Which Convenience Store to Shop for Gasoline, (%) 2005
Table 5. Internet Activity by Shopping Frequency, (%) 2005
Table 6. Typically Pay at the Pump, (%) 2005
Table 7. Important Factors in Deciding Where to Shop for Cigarettes, (%) 2005
Table 8. Top Ten Product Categories, Average Sales Per Store/Percentage Of In-Store Sales, 2005
Table 9. Top Ten Product Categories, Category Gross Margin Total (Millions)/Category Gross Margin Contribution, 2004
Table 10. Total Convenience Store Industry Pretax Profit, (Billions Of Dollars/Percent Change) 2000-2004