Samantha Oller

As gasoline demand slowly fades, retailers place their bets on the next big fuel

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The Energy Information Administration predicts gasoline demand will plummet 24% from 2012 to 2040. What is causing this plunge in projected forecourt demand? How is it affecting convenience retailers? And how should they react?

The ways to trigger more impulse sales are as varied as the categories themselves. But the stakes for retailers are only growing, as declining fuel sales keep more customers off the convenience-store lot and competition from other channels mounts.