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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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- 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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- 14 Sep
Diesel Fuel Consumption Up, E85 Down
- Sep 14, 2010
- John Keller
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According to NACS Online, demand for Diesel fuel in the US is on the rise, while demand for E85 is on the decline. While still not at its 2006 peak demand where it reached 4% of the fuel market, demand […]
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- 13 Sep
CEFCO C-Stores has completed their rollout of PriceAdvantage to 100% of their stores as of September 10, 2010. CEFCO is now using PriceAdvantage fuel pricing software to optimize fuel prices at each of their 124 stores throughout Texas, Alabama and […]
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- 09 Sep
PriceAdvantage V3.3 released-Fully Web Enabled
- Sep 09, 2010
- John Keller
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PriceAdvantage 3.3 is the latest fuels price management solution from Skyline Products and provides a fully web-based version that allows access from any mobile web-enabled phone or iPad. Volume targeting and performance measurements by day of the week, month, year-to-date […]
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- 08 Sep
Convenience Store News reported Casey’s General Stores fiscal year 2011 first quarter results. Included in these results are interesting benchmarks for fuel price management comparisons: Total gallons sold was 358.6 million gallons, up 6.8 percent Average retail fuel margin was 16.4 […]
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- 07 Sep
CSP Daily News reported today the findings of a new Nielsen online survey. The survey results directly speak to fuel price management strategies at c-stores: 45% of households are “diligently seeking” lower fuel prices 63% of households combat high fuel prices […]
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- 01 Sep
PriceAdvantage 3.3, the latest fuels pricing solution from Skyline Products, includes key new features in direct response to customer input. A new reporting system enables fuel managers to gain insight into market pricing trends, store profitability, and price history. Version […]
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- 26 Aug
On August 19, 2010 I wrote a blog article discussing how critical it is for Fuel Managers to be diligent about adapting their fuel price management strategy in order to quickly react to the constant changes in their fuel markets. […]
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