Major Gasoline Brands Lose US Retail Market Share to Discounters

摘要

Allegiance to the major retail gasolinebrands has eroded in the US as prices atthe pump have continued to rise despite asustained economic slump that has led toreduced demand for energy.During the third quarter of this year,the top 10 brands — still dominated bythe major oil companies and top indepen-dent refiners — saw their overall share ofretail gasoline sales fall to 57.4% from59.3% in the same period of 2010, ac-cording to fuel price data provider Opis.