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- 09 Sep
In the July / August 2011 issue of National Petroleum News, the cover story features PriceAdvantage in an article titled “Price Modeling: Changing Attitudes Towards Automated Pricing” that can be found here. This article discusses how software can be used […]
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- 08 Sep
At The Spinx Company, OPIS Radius reports are providing real-time competitive price imports that drive new fuel pricing strategy changes for 70+ stores. While Spinx Store Managers continue to submit their daily competitor surveys first thing each morning, the OPIS […]
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- 10 Aug
Fuel Price Managers should base their fuel pricing strategies on the general consensus that retail gas prices will continue to drop through the rest of 2011. USA Today picked up a story from the New York Times, proclaiming that gasoline […]
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- 08 Aug
Fuel Prices Drop $.04 This Week
- Aug 08, 2011
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In today’s US Energy Information Adminstration weekly fuel price report, the USEIA revealed a $.04 drop for the national average price of Unleaded Regular fuel. The US national average retail fuel price of unleaded gasoline now sits at $3.67/gallon, a […]
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- 19 Jul
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in their quarterly report announced that US retail fuel margins for the past three months were $.14 per gallon. That’s a decrease of 1.2% compared to the same time period last year. For the 12 months ended […]
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- 18 Jul
Competing Against Walmart Fuel Discounts
- Jul 18, 2011
- John Keller
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Walmart joined the retail fuel price loyalty game this summer, partnering with Murphy Oil to offer $.10 discounts on fuel when the purchase is made using one of the Walmart payment cards. Loyalty reward incentives are becoming mainstream across retail […]
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- 18 Jul
Fuel Prices Increase $.11 in two weeks
- Jul 18, 2011
- John Keller
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In today’s US Energy Information Adminstration weekly fuel price report, the USEIA revealed a $.04 increase for the national average price of Unleaded Regular fuel. That’s an $.11 increase over the past two weeks. The US national average retail fuel […]
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- 24 May
Diesel Fuel Demand Up, Gasoline Fuel Demand Down
- May 24, 2011
- John Keller
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The American Petroleum Institute reported that in April 2011, total demand for distillate fuel rose 15 percent to 4.27 million barrels a day, while consumption of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel increased 26 percent to average 3.42 million barrels a day. […]
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- 16 May
Fuel Sales In April Drop 4%
- May 16, 2011
- John Keller
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According to an article on MarketWatch, several companies reported retail fuel sales in April were as much as 4% lower than in March. The article specifically mentions Marathon Oil Corp., Tesoro Corp., and Delek US Holdings, Inc. High fuel prices […]
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- 13 May
There’s a great MSNBC news article out today discussing the role of the US Federal Government in helping fuel prices trend downward. The key takeaway for the Fuel Price Manager is that fuel prices are going to continue their downward […]
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