Investments without return
July 1, 2008 By Carl Hughes
Residential real-estate experts have known for years that dollars invested into existing homes for improvements do not return the same value when the homes are sold.
Read More Paraco Gas Corp.
July 1, 2008 By LP Gas
As acquisitions help Paraco Gas Corp. expand into a regional company, it remains the neighborhood supplier of propane for its customers.
Read More Propane Resources
July 1, 2008 By LP Gas
Propane Resources is a full-service consulting firm for the propane industry, and then some. The company’s main services focus around supply and risk management; business valuations and sales; operational consulting; and marketing communications.
Read More Is it new or deja vu?
May 1, 2008 By John McCoy
A look back on the last 20 years shows industry’s similarities, differences
Read More Financing growth the right way
April 1, 2008 By Carl Hughes
Historically, a number of consistently profitable operators in the retail propane industry have chosen to finance growth through their company’s annual earnings. This is an overly simplistic and, frankly, shortsighted view of how to finance growth.
Read More A cash-crunched season
March 1, 2008 By LP Gas
With the price of oil topping $100 per barrel amid a sputtering overall economy, propane marketers and customers alike spent much of the 2007-08 winter heating season struggling to cover their costs. And while some regions saw record-setting snowfalls, bitterly cold temperatures, crippling ice storms and widespread power outages, other parts of the country experienced way too much warmth to pump appropriate amounts of propane.
Read More Corralling collections during galloping costs
March 1, 2008 By LP Gas
Well-designed marketing plans, orchestrated pitches to promote budget plan enrollment and established collection procedures for when customers fall behind are being touted as key solutions for propane retailers faced with payment shortfalls.
Read More Retailers say growing number of low-income customers makes business difficult
March 1, 2008 By LP Gas
The rising cost of propane, coupled with limited federal home-heating assistance for low-income families, is not only putting the squeeze on customers but retailers as well.
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