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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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- 01 Oct
Convenience Store Traffic And Sales Up In Q2
- Oct 01, 2010
- John Keller
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The market research firm NPD Group reports that convenience store traffic and sales were up for the quarter ending June 2010 compared to a year ago. Convenience store traffic was up 8% and sales increased 11% over 2009. This is […]
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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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- 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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- 19 Aug
BP Retail Fuel Sales Bouncing Back
- Aug 19, 2010
- John Keller
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The Washington Post published an interesting article about BP and its brand recovery efforts. According to John Kleine, executive director of the BP Amoco Marketers Association, which represents the station owners, BP retail fuel sales are returning to previous levels. […]
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- 19 Aug
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/cars-articles/fuel-price-management-requires-constant-adjusting-in-order-to-optimize-retail-fuel-prices-2762156.html Author: John Keller It is the job of Fuel Managers to figure out the optimized retail fuel pricing strategy for each of their stores, in each of their markets, in order to maximize their fuel profit contribution […]
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- 28 Jul
Times Are Good In Retail Fuel – Now What?
- Jul 28, 2010
- John Keller
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These are good days to be in the retail fuel business. Valero announced in their Q2 results that their retail fuel operations segment had a record-setting performance with $109 million in operating income. These are the best second quarter results […]
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- 02 Jul
July 1, 2010 – According to the latest edition of the US Energy Information Administration’s “This week in petroleum” report, the average retail fuel price for regular gasoline rose for the second straight week as of June 28th. Current retail […]
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