NACS publishes community toolkit

NACS has published a new “Community Toolkit” that provides ideas and examples of numerous community-focused areas that retailers of all sizes can implement.

The fourth toolkit that has been developed as part of the NACS reFresh initiative to help retailers tell their positive stories in their communities has been launched.

The online, interactive toolkit provides examples of how retailers are making a difference in their communities by giving back to local community-focused groups, supporting local or national groups making a difference in communities or my offering more local products to customers. It includes dozens of links to groups already partnering with convenience stores, as well as examples of how stores are succeeding with these partnerships.

“From sponsoring youth sports teams to conducting food drives, convenience stores strengthen the communities that they serve, contributing nearly $1 billion a year to charitable and community groups. And being a good neighbor is not just a good business practice. This toolkit is designed to give retailers examples of how they can get more engaged — and tell their stories within their communities,” said NACS Director of Strategic Initiatives Carolyn Schnare.

NACS has previously published the “Site Approval Toolkit” to provide strategies for retailers seeking zoning approvals, a Public Relations Toolkit” to provide resources for enhancing a company’s business and “How Stores Work,” a toolkit that provides data around more than a dozen convenience store issues related to how they serve their communities.

Find the NACS new toolkit here.