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- 10 Nov
In the November 9, 2011 edition of the US Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook report, the US government predicts unleaded retail prices to average $2.84/gallon this winter. That’s $.19 per gallon higher than last winter. This prediction is based […]
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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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- 13 Oct
Recently three different retailers have announced they’ll be offering charging stations for electric cars. Two of the three are traditional fuel retailers: BP/Arco, and Murphy. The third retailer to announce the charging stations is Best Buy. BP announced they’ll install […]
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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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- 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
US Average Fuel Prices Drop 4 cents
- Aug 19, 2010
- John Keller
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According to the US Energy Information Administration, the U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline decreased almost four cents from last week to $2.75 per gallon but was $0.11 per gallon higher than this time last year. Prices were down […]
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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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- 12 Aug
Convenience Store Decisions picked Rutters as their winner of the 2010 Convenience Store Chain Of The Year award. Rutter’s is the second consecutive chain under 100 stores to receive the award, emphasizing that it’s not the size of the chain […]
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