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- 03 May
Key Stats from NACS State of the Industry Summit
- May 03, 2010
- John Keller
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On April 14, 2010, the National Association of Convenience Stores presented a summary of 2009 performance statistics at their annual State of the Industy Summit. Key statistical takeways: Motor fuel sales represent 68.4% of all convenience store sales dollars. That’s […]
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- 27 Apr
Retail Fuel Margins Shrink
- Apr 27, 2010
- John Keller
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As reported in CSP News, the latest Lundberg survey of 5000 US gas stations determined that over the past two weeks, the average price of fuel decreased $.42 per gallon. With the price of crude oil increasing $.20 per barrel […]
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- 15 Apr
In a statement that sets consumer expectations for fuel to top out at $3/gallon this year, the Troy Messenger reported today that an expert with AAA doesn’t expect fuel prices to go much above $3/gallon if even that. “This is […]
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- 14 Apr
Skyline Products announced today that they have launched a new separate division to focus solely on their patent-pending PriceAdvantage™ software that is literally changing the way the convenience store industry manages fuel pricing. The industry has taken notice. “Customers like […]
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- 14 Apr
John Keller, Sr. Product Manager and R&D Manager of the PriceAdvantage fuel pricing software division of Skyline Products will be a member of the PCATS panel at the upcoming NACStech tradeshow May 5-7, 2010 in New Orleans. The panel of […]
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- 05 Apr
As reported in Convenience Store News, Sheetz customers are actively involved in promoting Sheetz via social network sites and even YouTube: Three young men created a video that is over three minutes long. They created the video with their own […]
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- 29 Mar
Skyline Products Forms PriceAdvantage Division
- Mar 29, 2010
- John Keller
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Skyline Products announced that the PriceAdvantage fuel pricing software group has been spun off to form a separate division of the company. “When we began developing this software 6½ years ago, most convenience stores didn’t have an Internet connection and […]
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- 29 Mar
PriceAdvantage Featured in Gazette Telegraph
- Mar 29, 2010
- John Keller
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The PriceAdvantage division of Skyline Products was featured in the Gazette Telegraph, the local newspaper of Colorado Springs . The article titled “Company seeks to make changing fuel prices easier for retailers” appeared in the March 29, 2010 edition. Featured […]
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- 15 Mar
Every year around this season we see c-store fuel prices begin a gradual increase from spring to summer. This Forbes article explains the primary reason behind this fuel pricing strategy as being related to EPA federal regulations around emissions. Summer […]
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- 10 Mar
SPINX acquires 10 more c-stores
- Mar 10, 2010
- John Keller
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According to Convenience Store News, the SPINX convenience store chain has acquired ten more c-stores. All ten stores are located in South Carolina, and will be re-branded to the SPINX name. With this acquisition, SPINX now owns and operates 74 c-stores. […]
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