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The '2023 Digital Finance Survey' by China CITIC Bank reveals that transaction security is the most important aspect of digital finance. More than 70% of consumers expect personalized and exclusive [...]

The customers of an auto service station may not be aware of the difference in the quality of the brake parts and how it may affect the performance. The mechanic is to explain to the customer and offer high quality brake service job.

To Bill Weigel, more is better when it comes to the number of fuel dispensers at his Weigel's Farm Stores. To be specific, at least eight dispensers--16 fueling positions--are necessary, [...]

The same word can often have two distinct meanings. For example, 'primate' is not only a term for a class of mammals, but it's also an ancient, obscure title for [...]

Today, convenience-store retailing is a worldwide phenomenon, with a global reach that still boils down to an important universal - convenience for consumers on the go. The differences often lie [...]

Taking the pulse of fleet fueling in the new millennium can lead to a rather simplistic conclusion: there's more than one way to skin a cat, or, if you will, [...]

A growing number of C-store operators have begun providing an array of financial services - from check cashing to full service mini-banking - that generate income, attract new customers and [...]

Gasoline stations are starting to make the car wash profit centers and are shifting from free-wash to making customers start to pay for the service. However, customers must first perceive value before they agree to pay. Marketers operating their gasoline pumps, convenience stores and car washes should look into high-tech equipment, add-ons, in-pump televisions, fragrances and colored foam., Oil companies may be shifting from free-wash to pay, but customers aren't stupid. Marketers and suppliers alike are realizing that in order to get the customer to pay for a [...]

A minor conspiracy may be at hand. Someone is trying to convert the free car wash with a fillup into a car wash you pay for. A roundup of the [...]

Oil companies, including their service stations, have been losing ground in the automotive aftermarket for many years, although they are still strong, with 22% of the service outlets and 21% [...]

A new sophistication is changing the traditional morning meal. Breakfast, Family Style When the family goes out to breakfast, what do they expect to find on your menu? Mom's dieting, [...]

The eco-extremist group Greenpeace has won another stirring victory: depriving kids of Lego toys. Shell Oil service stations used to sell promotional Lego sets, complete with Shell gas pumps, fancy [...]

It's 3 p.m. on a Friday, a busy and profitable car washing weekend lies ahead -- and then you discover your car wash is busted. Who you gonna call? Convenience-store [...]

A growing trend among convenience store operators and gasoline retailers is partnering with foodservice companies that carry a wide variety of food offerings. Partnering with a company that offers several brands allow convenience stores and gasoline stations to attract new customers and improve customer loyalty. Among the foodservice firms that have been offering multibranded fast food concepts to convenience stores and gasoline stations are Orion, Allied Domecg and Tri-Com Global Restaurants., Karen Sapp never intended to run a foodservice operation. When the store was remodeled in 1993, Orion Food Systems Hot Stuff Pizza and Smash Hit Subs brands were added to [...]

When I go to the local gas station, I always give the attendant $20 and request that he provide me with that specific value of fuel (which always changes because [...]

Some petroleum marketers find it difficult to decide on whether to charge for a car wash or give it away for free. There is a growing trend for car washes as a profit center and many marketers are expecting an end to the days of free washes. A survey conducted by the International Carwash Assn also showed that customers value the quality of wash the most followed by convenience and safety of the vehicle's interior., It's not easy to determine whether customers will use their local gasoline station as an upscale car wash too, but many marketers are finding it an easier sell than they [...]

The fierce petrol price war sparked by Esso's Pricewatch campaign earlier in 1996 has virtually eradicated profits at the pump, leading oil companies to look to catering to generate new income from their petrol station sites. Fast-food operations are becoming increasingly common at petrol stations, since gross margins on fast food can be between 60% and 75%. Texaco has struck deals with Burger King and Pizza Hut to provide take-away counters at 10 sites and Total has forged a similar link with Domino's Pizza. The take-away operations are being run as franchises by the oil companies.

A growing number of combination service stations/convenience stores are offering deli programs to attract more customers and increase revenues. These combination gasoline stations/convenience stores are enjoying sales growth as high as 27% since they initiated their deli programs. Such programs also enable them to gain the loyalty of many customers., A large Illinois convenience store chain builds a successful lunch program around it; an Amoco dealer branched off into catering and wholesaling because of it; a Kentucky C-store chain is [...]

Unions may be calling the Post Office's policy on franchising 'privatisation by the back door', but the supermarkets are not complaining. As Keely Harrison reports, this latest in-store service offers [...]

Total offers French service stations Total is selling a portfolio of former service stations in France. CBRE has been mandated to find buyers for the 150 sites. An initial 22 [...]

Some 46 TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA LLC restaurants launched an All-You-Can-Eat menu format available at certain COUNTRY PRIDE, FORK-IN-THE-ROAD and BUCKHORN FAMILY [...]

With gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon, a fill-up has gone from routine to agonizing for many motorists. And it's no different on the other side of the counter. [...]