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- 07 Oct
Navigant Research has recently published a report projecting the annual compounded growth rate of plug-in electric vehicles at 18.6% through 2022, significantly higher than the projected growth of the light duty vehicle market. Four US states in particular are pegged as […]
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- 30 Sep
Retail Fuel Management issues span the globe
- Sep 30, 2013
- John Keller
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A team representing PriceAdvantage just spent the week at the Insight NACS Future of Convenience industry show in London. It was an exciting time for us because for the first time we were able to show off the international capabilities […]
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- 16 Sep
When natural disasters strike
- Sep 16, 2013
- John Keller
- 0
Fifteen months ago I wrote an article about natural disasters and fuel price management because the city of our home office was experiencing terrible forest fires. Since then another major section of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area suffered a forest fire, […]
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- 10 Sep
Total US fuels volumes continue to shrink
- Sep 10, 2013
- John Keller
- 0
Both the US Energy Information Administration and the University of Michigan continue to release information about the downward trend of US fuels volumes. The conclusions have a direct impact on the c-store retail fuels marketer because both the US EIA […]
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- 30 Aug
Retail fuel margins dip again
- Aug 30, 2013
- John Keller
- 0
According to today’s OPIS report, retail fuel margin averages across the United States fell for the second straight week. This week retail fuel margins decreased $0.018 per gallon and now stand at $0.169 per gallon. The year to date average […]
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- 30 Aug
Four PriceAdvantage customers win CSNews awards
- Aug 30, 2013
- John Keller
- 0
For eight years, CSNews has been recognizing the most innovative convenience store chains in the industry with the annual CSNews design awards. This year these CSNews awards include four PriceAdvantage customers: CST Brands, Cruizers, High’s, and Parker’s. The CST Brands […]
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- 28 Aug
According to AAA, there will be a 4.3% increase in Americans driving 50 miles or more from home this Labor Day holiday. That means between Thursday and Monday we can expect to see more travelers than any year since the […]
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- 26 Aug
Everybody’s out there looking for pennies: Fuel customers are using mobile apps and will make challenging left turns for the promise of saving just a few pennies on a fill-up. Amid this, fuel retailers look for ways to wring a […]
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- 02 Aug
Retail fuel margins add to gains of last week
- Aug 02, 2013
- John Keller
- 0
OPIS reported this week that average retail fuel margins across the US added to the gains of last week and increased by $0.038 to $0.214 per gallon. That makes for an $0.114 increase from just two weeks ago when retail […]
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- 24 Jul
A new Mobile Path to Purchase study based on a survey from 2000 US smart phone and tablet users reinforces the importance of fuel retailers keeping their retail fuel prices current on mobile gas price sites. Gas was the answer given […]
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