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- 10 Apr
In the US EIA “Short-term and Summer Fuels Outlook” released today, we see these predictions for the summer of 2014 (April – September). US consumption of gasoline will be slightly higher (10,000 gallons) than the same period in 2013 Brent […]
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- 08 Apr
Welcome Kwik Chek to the PriceAdvantage family
- Apr 08, 2014
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The PriceAdvantage team would like to extend a warm family welcome to Kwik Chek / McCraw Oil, our latest partner and customer. Kwik Chek and McCraw Oil are based in Bonham, Texas, northeast of Dallas, and have locations throughout Texas […]
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- 07 Apr
The New York Times published an interesting interview with Kim Bowers, CEO of CST Brands. The interview may be found here. CST Brands became a PriceAdvantage customer in 2011 when they were under the Valero umbrella, completing their rollout to […]
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- 04 Apr
CSNews survey provides industry insight
- Apr 04, 2014
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On page 90 of the March issue of Convenience Store News magazine, there is some interesting survey insight regarding c-store retail fuels sales, comparing 2013 to 2012: 40.9% of c-stores surveyed said gas price volatility caused a decrease in store […]
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- 24 Mar
Earlier this month, CSPnet.com reported that CST Brands has identified 100 stores that are candidates for sale. You may find the article here. This is part of an ongoing effort at CST Brands to “assess its asset base and close […]
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- 24 Mar
The first meeting of the PriceAdvantage Customer Advisory Board was held at the corporate headquarters of CST Brands in San Antonio, Texas, and the meeting was a smashing success. The members of the PriceAdvantage Customer Advisory Board are Tony Castro, […]
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- 14 Jan
The PriceAdvantage team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 2013.3. This version is a result of numerous feature requests from our customers. Here are a few highlights of this new release. Display competitor survey prices based on […]
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- 20 Dec
Retail fuel margins rebound this week
- Dec 20, 2013
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OPIS reported that the average retail fuel margin across the US improved $0.03 per gallon this week. The national US average retail fuel margin now stands at $0.221 per gallon, the highest margin since November 15. The year to date […]
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- 19 Nov
Rafe VanDenBerg is the editor-in-chief at MindBrew and contributor to PricingBrew, the online community for pricing professionals. He just wrote an article titled “Are pricing people too isolated to innovate?”. While this article was addressed to B2B pricing professionals, the […]
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- 08 Nov
In October 2013, PetrolPlaza recorded an interview with me to discuss the unveiling of the new PriceAdvantage “Margin Percentage” report. The full interview can be found here. This new report allows retail fuel managers to view retail fuel margins as […]
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