Quick Lubes

The average age of light vehicles in the United States reached 11.6 years by the end of 2016, up almost 17 percent from 9.9 years in 2007. The increas ...

Chinas automotive lubricants suppliers have increasingly turned to aftermarket channels such as oil change workshops to gain market share as nationwid ...

The growing popularity of app-based, on-demand oil change services in Indonesia gives lubricant marketers a new channel of distribution into second- a ...

The top 50 largest fast lube chains in the United States operated 9 percent more facilities than a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube News ...

Russian lube maker Gazpromneft-Lubricants sold 900 tons of finished lubes in Georgia in 2016, or 20 percent more than the year before. The South Cauca ...

Chinas and Indias car parcs - already two of the worlds largest - will double by 2023, a new study predicts. As lubricants volumes boom, providers mus ...

Mixed Bag for Fast Lubes

September 21, 2016

Although United States quick lubes average ticket totals crossed the $71 mark and the average number of oil changes and cars serviced daily increased, ...

Sales revenues at U.S. fast lube facilities went up 18 percent from a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube News 2016 Tops in the Industry R ...

Ashland Absorbs Oil Can Henrys

December 16, 2015

Ashland entered the quick lube space in several Pacific Northwest markets by snapping up the 89-site Oil Can Henrys chain. The acquisition of the Port ...

Russia's Gazpromneft-Lubricants is entering China with a strategy of using quick lube centers to sell premium lubricants.

Average yearly sales for oil change-plus facilities – places that change oil, but not as their primary business – topped $867,000, down 9. ...

Off a bustling street in downtown Chengdu, car maintenance customers lounge on leather sofas, sipping freshly brewed Jasmine tea or full-bodied Merlot ...

U.S. quick lubes average yearly sales per store rose to $694,189 this year, up 1.6 percent from 2014, National Oil & Lube News reported. The 2015 ...

Quick oil change operator Lube Stop announced Monday the acquisition of The Grease Spot, another oil change chain with 13 locations in Illinois and Io ...

Totals subsidiary in Pakistan recently launched a mobile, on-call oil change service for car owners in Karachi.

BMW has attempted to settle a Federal Trade Commission charge that it illegally made warranties conditional on consumers having all oil changes perfor ...

Sales revenues at U.S. fast lube facilities jumped 20 percent from a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube News 2015 Tops in the Industry Ra ...

Russian lube marketer Gazprom Neft Lubricants announced the opening of its first G-Energy Service-branded auto service center in Russia, part of its b ...

Average ticket totals for oil change-plus facilities – places that change oil, but not as their primary business – reached more than $90, ...

Mixed Results for Fast Lubes

September 10, 2014

While U.S. quick lubes average ticket totals crossed the $70 mark for the first time, average yearly sales per store declined almost 11 percent from 2 ...