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Insider's View: Why Your Bank is Watching You So Closely

The yin and yang of the lender-borrower relationship

Technology/Services

Software Empowers RaceTrac to Reach Workforce Milestone

Convenience store retailer completes rollout of employee management tool

The Susser-ETP deal shines a bright light on two critical elements facing the channel: The buying muscle behind MLPs (master limited partnerships) and the raw profitability of consolidation.

Seeking to differentiate brand through mobile app, web

How a Wisconsin chain is strengthening the forecourt-store connection

New-era chain steps up retail game as it shrugs off fuel-demand declines

History repeats itself as grocery companies, drug stores, dollar stores, home-improvement stores, QSRs and barbecue restaurants continue to pursue the greener grass of convenience retailing and gasoline marketing.

When considering a location for a new convenience store or other business, the blank land must be viewed the same way an artist sees a blank canvas.

We love working with smaller fuel-distribution companies. They have unique personal dynamics. They bring many years of experience and knowledge to the table. For decades they have operated in their own sphere of influence, quietly and relatively immune to downward economic cycles. Yet once the owners of these companies decide to pursue a sale, something emotional (and perhaps physiological) happens.

Weather, rising gas prices to blame for drop in traffic, but there was a silver lining

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