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Demand still low as economic anxiety and volatile oil prices persist
NEW YORK -- Gasoline prices have seen an extended month-long decline but drivers are not being easily lured back to the road. In the past month, prices are down an average of 25% and are just 7 cents shy of year-earlier levels. But while demand is edging higher, there still appear to be fewer...
Certified Oil Co. launches redesign in effort to expand chain's demographic appeal
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A desire for consistency, to standout more and to appeal to a wider demographicthese are the issues that are leading Certified Oil Co. to re-image about half of its stores. It's geared to slow things down a little bit and make it more comfortable for the shopper to find what they'...
Boston considers pharmacy-tobacco sales ban, including campus stores
SAN FRANCISCO -- While lawsuits filed by Walgreen Co. and Philip Morris USA against the city of San Francisco regarding the banning of tobacco-product sales in pharmacies play out on the West Coast, Big Tobacco seems headed for another challenge on the East Coast. There, a proposal would likewise...
