FAQs

C-Store Women brings together a powerful network across convenience retail to connect, learn, and lead. As a year-round community, we offer ongoing education and opportunities to gather at industry events—fostering meaningful relationships and inspiring action to influence, grow, and shape the future of the industry.

C-Store Women 2026 is Monday, November 2nd through Wednesday, November 4th at Mountain Shadows Resort 5445 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253

CSW is for everyone with leadership potential. Men and women are encouraged to participate, and both emerging talent and executives are welcome.

Peer Circles are a monthly virtual extension of the C-Store Women community—designed to keep the momentum going between in-person events. Each session brings together attendees for a focused mix of practical learning and peer discussion, creating space to share real challenges, exchange ideas, and learn from others in the industry. Open to all past and present participants, Peer Circles are intentionally flexible and easy to join—making it simple to stay connected, continue developing, and be part of an active, engaged network year-round.

Retailer:
An individual who works, manages or owns a retail outlet in the convenience and petroleum industry.

The registration fee is $1,500 per person. This fee is discounted to $1,200 per person with four or more attendees from your firm. The fee includes 2 nights at the Mountain Shadows Resort and all meals during the event. Please contact Mike Marino at michael.marino@informa.com or Nicole Zatz at nicole.zatz@informa.com for more information.

Sponsor:
An individual who works for a company that is a sponsor of the conference. Please register using your company specific invitation code.

If you are not yet a sponsor and would like additional information, please contact Brandy Mulcahy at brandy.mulcahy@informa.com.

Other:
The "Other" registration type is used for non-sponsoring industry suppliers, service providers and consultants. A registration fee is required to attend the conference and it will be charged during the registration process. Please contact Brandy Mulcahy at brandy.mulcahy@informa.com for more information on registration fees.

Check-in time is 4:00pm and check-out time is 12:00pm.

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Complimentary wireless internet will be provided throughout the meeting space. Login details will be provided at the conference registration desk.

Please be vigilant if approached by any company representing themselves as the housing provider for the C-Store Women. These companies will offer to make hotel reservations within the room block on your behalf or misrepresent themselves as agents of the hotel. Please note that CSW does not rent, share or sell your contact information to any third parties.

The companies that we have been made aware of are Convention Housing Planners Corp, Expo Housing Services and Exhibitors Housing Management. Please let us know as soon as possible if another company reaches out to you.

CSW is not utilizing the services of any housing agent or third party and the Mountain Shadows Resort will never reach out to attendees to solicit booking rooms. Please only make your accommodations using the link in your registration confirmation email.

We want everyone who comes to C-Store Women to have a great experience. Whether you are attending, speaking, exhibiting, sponsoring or working with or for us, our focus is on creating an environment and experience that everyone can participate in and benefit from.

Informa is a leading international business-to-business information services group that connects people with knowledge to help them learn more, know more, and do more. Through its Informa Connect division, the company delivers content-led live and on-demand events, training, and specialist content to businesses and professionals across various industries.

As part of the Informa family, CSP benefits from global reach, industry expertise, and the infrastructure necessary to host gatherings that assemble key decision-makers and financial partners in environments specifically designed for meaningful business connections and actionable insights across the convenience retail landscape.

Informa Connect is dedicated to creating experiences that deliver positive impact while minimizing environmental footprint. Through the FasterForward sustainability program, events like ours will move faster to become zero-waste and net-zero carbon by 2030.

In the future, we will actively help partners, customers, and wider markets achieve their own sustainability goals. By attending C-Store Women, participants will not just gain valuable industry knowledge and connections, but they will also support a more sustainable future for their industries.