Convenience Store Profiles: Virginia
Virginia has a total area of 42,774.2 square miles (110,784.7 km2), including 3,180.13 square miles (8,236.5 km2) of water, making it the 35th-largest state by area. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth’s estimated population as of 2017 is over 8.4 million. The ten largest cities are Virginia Beach (448,470), Norfolk (246,139), Chesapeake (230,571), Arlington (224,906), Richmond (214,114), Newport News (182,020), Alexandria (148,892), Hampton (136,699), Roanoke (98,465), and Portsmouth (96,205). Virginia has 4.1 million civilian workers, and one-third of the jobs are in the service sector. The unemployment rate in Virginia as of 2017 is 3.8%, which is below the national average. The Gross Domestic Product of Virginia was $452 billion in 2013.
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The Virginia C-Store Market
Virginia is home to chains such GPM Investments (owners of groups such as Fas Mart/Shore Shop, Scotchman, Breadbox, Young’s, Lil Cricket, Next Door Store, Village Pantry, Apple Market, Jiffi Stop, Admiral, Roadrunner Markets, Jiffy Stop, EZ Mart, 1 Stop, Townstar, Jetz and R Store), Parker Oil and Propane and many others.
National Association of Convenience Stores
NACS, the leading global trade association dedicated to advancing convenience and fuel retailing, serves as a trusted advisor to over 1,500 retailer and 1,600 supplier members from more than 50 countries.
www.nacsonline.com
National Association of Truck Stop Operators (NATSO)
Headquartered just outside Washington, D.C., NATSO is the only national trade association representing the travel plaza and truckstop industry. It represents more than 1,700 travel plazas and truckstops nationwide, owned by over 200 corporate entities. (Before legally changing its name to NATSO, the association was called the National Association of Truck Stop Operators.)
www.NATSO.com
Petroleum Marketers of America
The Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA) is a federation of 47 state and regional trade associations representing petroleum marketers throughout the United States. PMAA member associations represent 8,000 independent petroleum marketing companies who represent wholesaler and retailers of gasoline, diesel, heating oil, lubricants and renewable fuels.
www.pmaa.org
The Convenience Distribution Association (CDA), formerly AWMA
The Convenience Distribution Association (CDA) is the trade organization working on behalf of convenience products distributors in the United States. Its distributor members represent more than $102 billion in U.S convenience product sales, serving a wide variety of small retail formats. Associate members include leading convenience product manufacturers, brokers, retailers, suppliers and others allied to the industry.
www.cdaweb.net
Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers
Membership includes petroleum marketers, convenience stores and travel centers. VPCMA neighborhood businesses are close to the Virginia families they serve.
www.vpcga.com
VIRGINIA RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
Virginia Retail Merchants Association (VRMA) is a non-profit trade association whose founding in 1905 predicted a successful endeavor to improve business conditions for retail merchants in the Commonwealth of Virginia. One hundred eleven years later, VRMA remains the respected voice of Virginia retail merchants among local, state, and federal governing bodies. While this year marks VRMA’s 112-year anniversary, for our “well-established” retailers this year also marks over 60 years of loyal membership to VRMA!
www.virginiaretail.org