Quick Lubes

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Lubes Vie for Attention at Car Supermarket

August 8, 2017

On a recent Friday afternoon in the downtown district of Jiangsu provinces capital city, Nanjing, several customers stro ...

U.S. Light Vehicle Aging Trend Continues

U.S. Light Vehicle Aging Trend Continues

July 19, 2017

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

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China Bets on Aftermarket amid Glut

May 2, 2017

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

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In Indonesia, Theres an App for That

March 28, 2017

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

U.S. Fast Lube Population Grows

U.S. Fast Lube Population Grows

March 8, 2017

The top 50 largest fast lube chains in the United States operated 9 percent more facilities than a year ago, according t ...

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Gazprom Neft Grows Foothold in South Caucasus

January 11, 2017

Russian lube maker Gazpromneft-Lubricants sold 900 tons of finished lubes in Georgia in 2016, or 20 percent more than th ...

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Doubling Car Parcs Beckon Lube Suppliers

November 1, 2016

Chinas and Indias car parcs - already two of the worlds largest - will double by 2023, a new study predicts. As lubrican ...

Mixed Bag for Fast Lubes

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 ...

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Fast Lubes Top $16 Billion in Sales

March 23, 2016

Sales revenues at U.S. fast lube facilities went up 18 percent from a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube Ne ...

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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 chai ...

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Gazpromneft Enters China with Quick Lubes

November 24, 2015

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

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Sales Down for Oil Change-Plus Segment

November 11, 2015

Average yearly sales for oil change-plus facilities – places that change oil, but not as their primary business &# ...

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Mobil 1 and Merlot: An Oil Change in China

November 10, 2015

Off a bustling street in downtown Chengdu, car maintenance customers lounge on leather sofas, sipping freshly brewed Jas ...

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Yearly Sales Up for Quick Lubes

September 9, 2015

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

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Quick Lubes Combine for 50-unit Chain

June 3, 2015

Quick oil change operator Lube Stop announced Monday the acquisition of The Grease Spot, another oil change chain with 1 ...

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Total Pakistan Offers Mobile Oil Changes

May 12, 2015

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

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BMW Settling Oil Change Suit

April 1, 2015

BMW has attempted to settle a Federal Trade Commission charge that it illegally made warranties conditional on consumers ...

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Fast Lubes Total $13.7 Billion in Sales

March 11, 2015

Sales revenues at U.S. fast lube facilities jumped 20 percent from a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube New ...