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- 19 Oct
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal quotes Xavier Mosquet, Sr. Director and Managing Partner (Detroit) of Boston Consulting Group, as saying fuel prices must be at $8 to $9 per gallon before electric cars will be cost effective […]
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- 13 Oct
Recently three different retailers have announced they’ll be offering charging stations for electric cars. Two of the three are traditional fuel retailers: BP/Arco, and Murphy. The third retailer to announce the charging stations is Best Buy. BP announced they’ll install […]
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- 12 Oct
National Fuel Prices Post Largest Gain In Weeks
- Oct 12, 2010
- John Keller
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In today’s US Energy Information Administration release of the latest weekly retail fuel prices, the average national price for all grades rose more than $.08 per gallon from the previous week. That’s the largest price increase in over six weeks. […]
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- 05 Oct
Just How Important Are C-Stores For Retail Fuel?
- Oct 05, 2010
- John Keller
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Just how important is the c-store industry to the American economy, and the retail fuel industry specifically? Take a look at these statistics from an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as reported by NACS Online: There are 144,500 convenience stores in […]
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- 01 Oct
Marathon Oil Retail Fuel Margins Up 26%
- Oct 01, 2010
- John Keller
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Marathon Oil reported in their quarterly financial earnings statement a 26% increase in retail fuel margins. Gasoline and distillate gross retail fuel margin per gallon averaged 13.28 cents in the second quarter of 2010, compared to 10.51 cents in the […]
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- 01 Oct
Convenience Store Traffic And Sales Up In Q2
- Oct 01, 2010
- John Keller
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The market research firm NPD Group reports that convenience store traffic and sales were up for the quarter ending June 2010 compared to a year ago. Convenience store traffic was up 8% and sales increased 11% over 2009. This is […]
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