CSP Magazine | February 2013

The Space Game

How to make room for growing OTP category amid space limitations, contract demands.

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The little engine that could.

This is how David Bishop, managing partner of Barrington, Ill.-based Balvor LLC, described OTP during a tobacco panel he hosted at last year’s NACS Show.

It’s an apt moniker: Although OTP has not experienced a rapid or dramatic rise, the category has delivered steady growth over the past decade. 

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Behavioral data, shopper trends can inspire new c-store strategies, store-level tinkering.

How to make room for growing OTP category amid space limitations, contract demands.

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