A consumer survey, conducted by Researchscape on behalf of Zynstra, an NCR company, found 15% of shoppers will leave a convenience store and abandon their purchase after just one minute of waiting in line with nearly half of these shoppers leaving after only 30 seconds. The survey, which polled 1,000 shoppers — ages ranging from 18 to 65 and over, revealed shoppers, especially younger ones, demand a more efficient and tech-driven convenience store experience. The survey also identified where stores are falling short in consumers’ eyes due to legacy technology and what shoppers envision and consider an enhanced c-store shopping experience.

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Jeffrey Henning

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Jeffrey Henning, IPC is a professionally certified researcher and has personally conducted over 1,400 survey research projects. Jeffrey is a member of the Insights Association and the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers. In 2012, he was the inaugural winner of the MRA’s Impact award, which “recognizes an industry professional, team or organization that has demonstrated tremendous vision, leadership, and innovation, within the past year, that has led to advances in the marketing research profession.” In 2022, the Insights Association named him an IPC Laureate. Before founding Researchscape in 2012, Jeffrey co-founded Perseus Development Corporation in 1993, which introduced the first web-survey software, and Vovici in 2006, which pioneered the enterprise-feedback management category. A 35-year veteran of the research industry, he began his career as an industry analyst for an Inc. 500 research firm.