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Another Price Increase - "The Majors are Like Sheep; when one moves the others usally follow" |
As noted in last weeks JW News Brief, ExxonMobil
advised its marketers on June 29/30 there would be
yet another price increase effective August 1. This
increase pushes the marketer buy-in price for
ExxonMobil conventional lubricants up by 6% and
synthetics up by 3%.
But beyond questioning the reason for the price
increase, the ExxonMobil marketers Jobbers World
spoke with said they had several other more pressing
concerns on their minds about the increase. The
first being the competitive response and how this
impacts an ExxonMobil marketer's ability to go back
to its customers only two months after they told
them about the last price increase to tell them
about the next. And to add insult to injury, they
say that, whereas usually a marketer gets 45 days to
break the bad news to its customers about price
increases, in this case, they realistically have
less than 30 days when you factor in the holiday
weekend.
So how is the competition responding?
In the words of most lubricant marketers Jobbers
World spoke with about this, "the majors are like
sheep, when one
moves the others usually follow." They appear to be
right.
Although it looked for a few days like the
competition might actually stand this one down,
they didn't. Chevron and ConocoPhillips were the
first to follow. Chevron's letters went out the
morning of July 14th announcing a price increases of
5% to
7% effective August 17. And while most were turning
off their computers for the day and getting ready to
go home on July 14, ConocoPhillps sent out its
notification
that it would be raising prices 6% effective August
15.
If history repeats itself, there is a high
probability there will be additional increases by
the time the sun sets. We will keep you posted. And once
again, Jobbers World will be taking an in-depth look
at the last year of finished lubricant price
increases and trends in the August print issue.
Also... don't miss Jobbers World's in-depth series
of articles
on buybacks/DFOA! We tell it
like it is. No fluff, no bias, no smoke and
mirrors... Get the facts on buybacks!
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Dunlap Mellor & Co., Inc. Acquires Fritch Lubricants |
Barry S. Mellor, III, president of Dunlap, Mellor &
Co., Inc, located in Aston, Pa, has announced the
acquisition of Fritch Lubricants of Bethlehem, PA.
Dunlap, Mellor & Co., Inc., one of the largest
ConocoPhillips industrial lubricants distributors in
the country, welcomes the new branded products
brought to us through this transaction with Fritch
Lubricants. The new line will include Citgo,
Cincinnatti Milicron, Houghton International and
Quaker Chemical.
According to Meelor, the Dunlap, Mellor's philosophy
and business ethics parallel Fritch Lubricants in
its commitment to service excellence.
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The First Truly Independent Conference for and about Lubricant Distributors! |
Reserve your space today on the Trade Show Floor. A
prime section of the Trade Show Floor has been set
aside for majors and independent lubricant
manufacturers, additive suppliers, oil analysis
laboratories, equipment manufacturers, software
vendors, and others interested in doing business
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To make sure you have a booth at the Lube Center of
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The lubricant distributor track of the conference
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It will
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information on such issues as: The state of the US
lubricant distribution business and its future,
Managing costs and optimizing efficiencies
for lubricant distributors, Growth through
acquisition,
Success at private labeling, Benchmarks in lubricant
distribution, Sharing the costs with cooperative
buying
Find out more....
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