Category Management 101: Incorporating Information Technology
What is Category Management for the C-store industry and why does IT need to be involved. Learn what category management is and the NACS 6-step process in achieving optimal management....

Controlling Cash Shrinkage Through POS and Safe Integration
Hear from a retailer who is able to electronically monitor cash shrinkage by integrating a POS system and the safe, thereby saving managers multiple hours spent counting money....

PCI Compliance 101: Developing a Plan for 'Best Practices' in Moving towards Compliance
This workshop will cover the basics of PCI Compliance, giving an overview of the what, how and when's necesary for anybody new to the game and to discuss the deadlines and timelines to reach payment s...

What the Heck Is PCATS and Why Should You Care?
Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) is the only non-profit industry-driven and industry-managed association focusing on the development of technology standards in the conve...

The Success of Standards is the Standard of Success
The proof is in the successes! Come loaded with questions for retailers who are using the PCATS standards daily for such things as POS to back office data transfer, EB2B transactions, and more. This p...

Mobile Commerce: One Year Later
Forward-thinking retailers are using mobile devices to make shopping easier. Building on learning from the 2007 NACStech workshop of the same name, hear what's new in mobile technology and other cutti...

Reducing Store Theft Using POS Data
You are a retailer and you are collecting POS data, possibly through scanning items. Learn how to mine the data to alert management of potential theft issues....

Scan Data: Using it Wisely
This session will cover effective pricebook setup, use of business intelligence tools and marketing uses....

Alternate Payment Methods
This session will cover methods other than traditional credit and cash credit payments such as Automated Clearing House, NFC, as well as others. Also covered will be ID methods that tie either to paym...

Managing the Next Generation
Let's face it - it's tough to keep a great employer-employee relationship with a teenager that you would rather put over your knee and spank. How can you properly manage relationships with Gen Y staff...

Technology Project Management: The Basics for Success
Managing an information technology project is different than a traditional project. Do you know how to handle the challenges of the project? Learn the basics in this workshop....

Achieving Certified PCI Compliance?
Discussion on the degrees to which the 12 high-level security requirements of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) are implemented. We will speak to the enabling key technolog...

Creating Experiential Avenues to Connect Your Customers
As if the marketing landscape wasn't changing quickly enough we've now added endless miles of digital terrain with which we have to be familiar if we want to be where our customers are congregating. H...

Integrated Foodservice Systems
A convenient foodservice offering is the way to the consumer's wallet. The problem you've encountered is how to tie all the different system components together. Whether keeping track of inventory in ...

Sizing up Loyalty in the Retail Fuel Industry
Whether you have a loyalty program or are considering one, do you know how to maintain and improve the program to address the ever-changing consumer needs? The industry is constantly changing with mor...

Above and Beyond the PCI Compliance Standards
This session will not contain any overview, but will jump right into the conversation of what to prepare for in the months and years to come. Payment Applications Best Practices (PABP), unique card as...

Implementing Offline and Collaboration Solutions Using the Microsoft Sync Framework
With Microsoft SQL Server Compact, developers can now easily cache data on the client in a compact, yet capable, transactional, queryable document-like database format. To maintain the cache, the Micr...

Industry Benchmarking by Leveraging CSX, the NACS SOI Database
The industry data is available and your individual data is in your system. Now what? Learn how technology can help you leverage this data and improve your company's performance....

Plug & Play Saves the Day
PCATS standards are now being implemented in national and international convenience stores to integrate POS to back office systems. Come to this session to learn about current PCATS development and in...

Less Paper = More Profit
Retailers are working with suppliers and their back office provider to actively roll out PCATS electronic EB2B standards and take some of the paperwork out of convenience store operations. Not only do...

Loyalty Programs: It's Implemented, Now What?
Hear from retail experts who have successfully implemented a loyalty program and who have moved to the next step....

Making a Successful Business Case
This session will teach information technology and business professionals how to develop and present the information decision-makers need to make good informaiton technology investment decisions. This...

Technologies at the Fuel Island
In 2007, we heard about the neat media and technologies that can be employed at the pump and in the store. Now, with even more internet capabilities and media hype, the things that can be done at the ...