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- 01 Oct
Retail fuel margins jump $0.078 this week
- Oct 01, 2012
- John Keller
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Retail fuel margins rose $0.078 per gallon this week to $0.244 per gallon, according to the weekly OPIS report. That represents the second consecutive week of retail fuel margin increases, a total of nearly $0.11 per gallon higher than two […]
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- 01 Oct
Ever since Valero reported in their most recent quarterly earnings that they would like to divest their retail stores, there has been all kinds of speculation around what that divestiture might look like. Recently Reuters released a story that several […]
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- 28 Sep
When optimizing fuel prices in the fuel price management process, there are numerous factors that play a role in determining the optimized price at any given point in time. Obviously the current price at each primary competitor is important, as […]
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- 27 Sep
The US Energy Information Administration reported that gasoline consumption for the first half of 2012 was down .3% compared to the first half of 2011. The year over year economic growth of 2012 was more than offset by the increased […]
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- 26 Sep
On April 30 of this year when Energy Transfer Partners announced they were acquiring Sunoco, it left the fate of Sunoco’s 4,900 c-stores uncertain. Analysts speculate ETP will sell the 4,900 stores because the stores don’t fit well with the […]
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- 26 Sep
Retail fuel margins improving
- Sep 26, 2012
- John Keller
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Retail fuel margins are finally recovering this season according to the most recent Lundberg Survey. From September 7 to September 21, the average retail margin on regular unleaded jumped from $0.099 to $0.172 per gallon. The Lundberg Survey reports year […]
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- 25 Sep
As we build each screen for our PriceAdvantage fuel pricing software, we view it through the eyes of the people who will be interacting with that screen, and focus on what they are trying to accomplish using the information presented […]
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- 25 Sep
There is general consensus from NACS and fuel management analysts that for the next 20 years, liquid petroleum fuels will continue to be the predominant energy source for how consumers power their vehicles. And though electric vehicles have yet to […]
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- 20 Sep
Both Valero and Susser have decided to go through a spinoff of part of their business, each with the same goal in mind. Sam Susser, the CEO of Susser Holdings Corp. said in an earnings call last month that the […]
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- 10 Sep
Customers always have insight beyond our own
- Sep 10, 2012
- John Keller
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When we build a new feature into our PriceAdvantage fuel pricing software, we always have a use case in mind. The use case includes two aspects: the persona, that is the primary business person who will take advantage of the […]
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