CSP Magazine | December 2011

‘Leading with Character’

Friends, family, co-workers honor 7-Eleven boss DePinto.

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Chicago is Joe DePinto’s kind of town. It’s where he grew up, in Des Plaines, Ill. And with a rendering of the city of big shoulders as a backdrop, the president and CEO of 7-Eleven accepted the award of CSP’s Retail Leader of the Year before about 400 industry leaders, spouses and supplier partners.

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Read all about why CSP has chosen DePinto as its 2011 Retail Leader of the Year.

Friends, family, co-workers honor 7-Eleven boss DePinto.

In 2011 CSP Outlook Survey, retailers attempt to move beyond flat.

New Giant To Go offers customers a healthy dose of fresh foods.

Will Tesoro’s recent acquisition spur a new kind of M&A?

Pret A Manger tries to translate U.K. success to the American marketplace.

Retailers won battle of Durbin Amendment, but who really won the war?

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Bottom-tier cigarette makers struggle as gap tightens between premium and discount.

Propel, PC&F carve out renewable-fuels deal that could be industry template.

As tax credits end, natural-gas fuel industry attempts to set anchor.

Is lottery a market-basket builder or low-margin line clogger?

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