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- 08 Oct
In their third quarter 2012 investor news letter, hedge fund manager Third Point, LLC urged Murphy Oil to spin off their retail fuel business. In the letter, Third Point says spinning off the retail fuel business would result in a […]
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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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- 10 Sep
Customers always have insight beyond our own
- Sep 10, 2012
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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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- 16 Aug
In the Q3 financial release from The Pantry, the CEO included a statement regarding how the c-store chain plans to improve their retail fuel margins and volumes. From the press release: “The company is implementing a fuel-pricing technology that will […]
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- 05 Jul
Retail Fuel Margins Dropping
- Jul 05, 2012
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Today we had an interesting conversation with a CEO about what benefits he gets out of using PriceAdvantage as his retail fuel price management solution. He listed two specific interwoven benefits. He described what it was like before PriceAdvantage, where […]
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- 03 Jul
Accusations of Price Gouging
- Jul 03, 2012
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According to NACS, there have been accusations of fuel price gouging in the aftermath of last week’s storms and the declaration that West Virginia is in a state of emergency. According to West Virginia Assistant Attorney General Douglas Davis, state […]
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- 27 Jun
Falling Gas Prices More Travelers
- Jun 27, 2012
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The national motorist association AAA is predicting the highest number of travelers for the Fourth of July holiday in the past 10 years, thanks in part to falling gasoline fuel prices. In some states, AAA is seeing gas prices drop […]
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- 22 Jun
OPIS Predictions
- Jun 22, 2012
- John Keller
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OPIS suggests fuel prices may drop to $3 by Halloween Tom Kloza, Chief Oil Analyst at OPIS says there are multiple indications that gas prices could hit $3 per gallon by Halloween “and certainly by Thanksgiving”. Slumping wholesale gasoline contracts […]
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