New Scripto Officially Licensed Multi-Purpose Lighters now feature the team logo and school colors of the Texas Longhorns, Oklahoma Sooners, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Florida Gators, Texas A&M Aggies and Arkansas Razorbacks. The officially licensed multi-purpose lighters bring forth style to everyday lighting activities and let fans show their team spirit. Perfect for lighting grills,…
New Flavor Launches
Mike’s Hard Lemonade Co.’s mike’s HARDER is introducing a new seasonal flavor: Apple Firebomb. It combines the refreshment of a crisp apple ale with red hot cinnamon and 8% ABV. On shelves now, this is also the brand’s first flavor to appear in a series of consumer-designed, limited-edition collectible cans. The design contest for Apple…
Mango Cigarillos
Maintaining its tradition of introducing award-winning limited edition FoilFresh cigarillo flavors, Swedish Match is proud to announce Game Mango. The limited time seasonal flavor has the tropical taste of mango that enhances the natural leaf cigars to deliver a slow, smooth and sweet smoking experience. Game Mango will be available on Jan. 7 in two-for-99-cents…
Wells Fargo Weighs In On E-Cigarette Sales
Vuse currently leading e-cigarette category when it comes to c-store dollar share. E-cigarette c-store dollar sales sequentially accelerated to 42.4% in the period ending Oct. 25, driven by 75% unit growth, partially offset by a decline of 19% in net pricing, according to Wells Fargo Securities LLC. Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) has further solidified itself…
Falling Gas Prices May Boost Holiday Spending
“Our surveys over the past two years show that gas prices clearly play a major role in consumer sentiment about the economy,” says NACS’ vice president of strategic initiatives. Declining gas prices may increase holiday spending this year—especially among men and those ages 18-34, according to a new national survey measuring consumer optimism. For the…
NATO Announces Board of Director Election Results
The 2015 NATO Board of Director election results have been finalized and the following individuals were elected to a two-year term: Retail Board Members Elected: Mary Szarmach (The Cigarette Store Corp./Smoker Friendly), Phil Metzinger (Brookshire Bros.), Bob Roberts (Smoke’em, Inc.), Bob Sanft (Xtramart Stores), Tony Stapleton (7-Eleven,Inc.), and Stacie Tonniges (Casey’s General Stores). Wholesale Board…
Daigle Oil Co. Celebrates Grand Re-Opening
Local CITGO marketer ‘Fueling Good’ for Ronald McDonald House. From Nov. 7 through Nov. 9, local CITGO Marketer Daigle Oil Co. and CITGO Petroleum Corp. celebrated the grand re-opening of Daigle Oil Co.’s full-service DOC’s Place CITGO on Stillwater Ave. while giving back to local charitable organization the Ronald McDonald House of Bangor, Maine. The…
New Smyrna Speedway Extends Fuel Partnership With VP
“We are very excited to be extending our partnership with VP Racing Fuels,” says general manager of New Smyrna Speedway. Officials at New Smyrna Speedway announced a two-year agreement extending VP Racing Fuels as the track’s Official Fuel Supplier through 2016. Under the agreement, VP will be the track’s exclusive supplier of race fuels with…
Researching Customer Loyalty
Surveys and research can help to gauge how satisfied customers are with your brand. By Jerry W. Thomas, Contributing Editor The many “truisms’’ of customer loyalty lore are mostly a set of mythologies to deceive the gullible and exploit the innocent. Let us explore these assertions and then explore best practices for customer satisfaction and…
Retail Fuel Ecosystems: The Forecourt Technology Revolution is Here
By: Matteo Ciarapica, Global Solution Marketing Leader, Wayne Fueling Systems We live in the era of technology ecosystems, a term we use to describe the complex system of interdependent components that work together to enable cloud services. Purchase an iPhone, for example, and you’re connected to the entire Apple ecosystem, including operating systems, apps, Microsoft…