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Live and In Person

Live and In Person

2021 NACS Show: Welcome to Chicago!

After 20 months of being apart, the NACS Show took place live and in person October 1-4 in Chicago. Our industry thrives when we share, collaborate and work through our challenges together, and the 17,273 who convened in Chicago agreed that there’s no better place to do that than at the NACS Show—the global event for all things convenience.

  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!
  • o The 2021 NACS Show in Chicago helped prove, once and for all, We Got This!

From smiling faces—behind masks—to social media posts, Show-goers shared their enthusiasm about being back together and the relationships that are a central part of our industry.

That sentiment was echoed again and again across the four days of the Show and on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, making the 2021 NACS Show the most socially connected Show ever.

The NACS Show was the largest tradeshow in the country over a 20-month period—not just convenience, not just retail but all shows—a testament to our industry’s passion for advancing convenience retail.

A show with a lot to offer:

400,000

17,273

1,235

388

44

277

The NACS Show was the largest tradeshow in the country over a 20-month period—not just convenience, not just retail but all shows—a testament to our industry’s passion for advancing convenience retail.

A show with a lot to offer:

400,000

17,273

1,235

388

44

277


“Our industry needed the NACS Show”

Jared Scheeler
2021-22 NACS Chairman, CEO of Dickinson, North Dakota-based The Hub Convenience Stores Inc.


“733 days! That’s how long it’s been since we were last in person at the 2019 NACS Show. A lot has changed over the past two years, but one thing hasn’t: our resilience.”

Kevin Smartt
NACS 2020-21 Chairman, CEO of Austin-Texas-based TXB Stores


Save the date

Join us in Las Vegas for the 2022 NACS Show on October 1-4. #FullSpeedAhead