Pardon the Interruption

We don't usually send out emails in the middle of the month, but we have two pieces of exciting information that we thought couldn't wait until February.

First, we wanted to announce our updated products page where you can find the latest industry reports from news leader Convenience Store News Magazine. And second, we wanted to to make you aware of a new category on the community forum where the site administrators will be blogging from time to time.

Again, sorry to bother you in the middle of the month, but we felt these announcements couldn't wait. Oh, by the way, earlier this month I offered to give away two free ink pens to the first ten people who would contact us and tell us what they did. Well, I only received 4 responses so there are still free ink pens available for 6 more of you. So contact me and tell me what you do. Don't forget your mailing address.

Convenience Store News Reports Available on GasStations.com: Act Now and Save

We are excited to announce a new venture with Convenience Store News Magazine which gives GasStations.com users access to six amazing reports from the folks at CSNews.

With data collected by Nielsen Business Media, the editors of CSNews magazine have put together some of the most accurate and timely reports on the trends and forecasts for the c-store industry. These PDF reports are available for immediate email delivery after purchase.

As a special "thank you" for being loyal readers, we are offering a special 7-day coupon which allows you to save 10% off the total price when you purchase through the GasStations.com website. You'll need to apply this special coupon code: GS2009 at the time of checkout if you want to save your 10%.

But hurry, this is an introductory offer and the 7-day exclusive coupon will expire at the end of the day on January, 22nd 2009. You can find the reports here.

Site Administrator Blog on Community Forum

Just the other day I had a great telephone conversation with an industry insider and I wanted to share it with someone...but I didn't have the right space for it. That got me thinking about all the times when we have certain things we want to talk to you about, but don't necessarily feel that the information warrants a full-scale email announcement. So I created a place on the community forum where the site administrators can post their thoughts and comments in a blog-like fashion.

I know the forum isn't a typical blogging platform, but it does offer the chance for anyone to post commnents on what they read or to start new conversations. My hope is that more and more people will become active in the creative process of starting and maintaining conversations on the forum.

By the way, you can find the post about my telephone conversation here. It's really thought-provoking...especially for retailers. For those of you who are more tech-savvy, you can subscribe to the RSS feed here.