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Editor's Note: Susser and the Future of MLPs

When Energy Transfer Partners announced its $1.8-billion acquisition of Susser Holdings last month, it was the latest in a resounding story about a financially savvy industry outsider quietly becoming one of the most aggressive downstream and convenience-store companies in the United States.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Expert Insight: Know When to Fold ‘Em

How to determine the right time to close a store; Walgreens closings set example

Economist Walter Zimmermann identifies three destabilizing forces that may derail any type of economic recovery the United States is experiencing.

Travel center chain offering factoring, cash management solution for drivers

Assists gas stations, c-stores fund conversion costs, equipment purchases

It’s been a tough road for retailers of consumer packaged goods. While the unemployment rate is improving and the housing and automobile markets seem to have rebounded, robust growth continues to elude the c-store channel and also competitors in the grocery, drug and value channels.

Building, acquiring more locations, with second distribution center on track

If there was any good story in 2013, it was fuel margins—not necessarily sales, but definitely margins. Average fuel margins of 18.5 cents for the total industry were solid.

SOI data reveals a new twist: the revenge of the small retailer

It’s been a tough, long slog, but the U.S. economy is finally moving reliably in the right direction. Several factors, including falling unemployment rates, growth in household income, higher housing starts and vehicle sales, as well as a projected increase in the growth rate of gross domestic product, are all positive signs.

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