Economist Sees Good News for C-Stores in Trump’s Agenda

David Nelson, professor of economics at Western Washington University and founder and CEO of Finance & Resource Management Consultants Inc., Bellingham, Wash., took to the stage at the 2017 NACS State of the Industry (SOI) Summit with a red baseball cap and a truckload of “Trumpisms” that he brought back down to earth with this message: “America is becoming great again.”

“A new president is potentially a game changer,” said Nelson, who discussed how this “improbable event,” the election of Donald Trump, came about and what the implications are for the U.S. economy and the convenience-store industry.