Consider this scenario: A retailer establishes its fuel prices using pricing data that’s a few days old, only to subsequently discover that a nearby competitor is offering substantially lower prices. The result? Lost customers, decreased foot traffic, and diminished sales. This serves as a stark reality that retailers must confront and address today.

In the fiercely competitive realm of retail, where every decision holds weight, maintaining a competitive edge is paramount. The fuel category, frequently underestimated, has the potential to significantly impact a retailer’s revenue stream. This challenge is not unique; retailers worldwide, particularly in North America, grapple with a common hurdle: mastering the intricate art of real-time fuel pricing.

The Quest For Reliable, Real-Time Fuel Pricing Data

For retailers, traditional methods for procuring and analyzing fuel price data have proven to be both expensive and error-prone, often relying on manual data collection or third-party data providers. These outdated approaches yield frustrating delays, inaccuracies, and missed opportunities. When it comes to obtaining timely fuel pricing intelligence, the majority of fuel retailers grapple with three central challenges:

• Low Accuracy: Ensuring that fuel pricing information remains up-to-date, dependable, and actionable, even when sourced from complex web-based platforms.
• Less Coverage: Acquiring comprehensive data that encompasses all of North America, spanning across retailers, convenience stores, fuel stations, and beyond.
• High Cost: Effectively managing the substantial costs associated with acquiring and processing this vital information.

DataWeave’s Fuel Pricing Intelligence Solution

Comprehensive, accurate, and real-time fuel pricing intelligence can play a huge role in the profitability of retailers throughout North America. DataWeave takes the forefront in delivering this transformative Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution to some of the most prominent retailers in the region, including the top 20 fuel retail behemoths.

With a rich and extensive history spanning over a decade in the realm of competitive intelligence, DataWeave boasts an impressive track record of empowering well-informed decision-making in retail. We leverage state-of-the-art technology to bring an unparalleled level of accuracy, timeliness, and coverage to fuel pricing intelligence.

The following are some compelling advantages offered by our solution:

Accurate and Real-Time First Party Data

We deliver retailers an unparalleled advantage through real-time, first-party fuel price data. Our data originates directly from the retailer’s own channels, encompassing websites and mobile apps, rendering it the industry’s foremost and most reliable source.

Imagine having access to fuel pricing information that updates as frequently as every 30 minutes. This rapid update cadence guarantees that you, as a retailer, constantly possess the latest pricing insights at your fingertips, empowering you to respond swiftly to market fluctuations and competitor manoeuvres. Our comprehensive data spans a wide spectrum of fuel types, including:

• Gasoline: Be it regular, mid-grade, super, premium, ethanol-free, ethanol blends, methanol blends, or reformulated gasoline, we have got you covered.
• Diesel: Our data encompasses biodiesel, biodiesel off-road, biodiesel blends, biodiesel ultra-low sulfur (ULS), diesel ultra-low sulfur (ULS), diesel off-road, standard diesel, and premium diesel.

Armed with our real-time, first-party data, you can make pricing decisions with unwavering confidence, secure in the knowledge that you possess access to the most current, authoritative, and extensive fuel pricing intelligence in North America.

The data points we capture directly from relevant web sources include: gas station postal code, store name and code, location, city, state, ZIP code, fuel type, competitor name, regular price, member price (if available), time and date of data capture, and more.

Click here if you wish to access a sample report of our fuel pricing data.

Unrivaled Geographical Coverage

Our extensive coverage of fuel data spans over 30,000 ZIP codes and encompasses the top 100 retailers across the western, mid-western, and eastern regions of the United States.

Retailers benefit from the flexibility to configure and tailor the solution to their precise needs, whether it involves adding more locations or selectively acquiring specific segments of the data. This far-reaching coverage guarantees that retailers, whether situated in bustling urban centers or remote areas, can readily access the essential data required to maintain their competitive edge.

Moreover, if you currently source your fuel pricing data from alternative providers, our solution seamlessly integrates, amplifies, and complements your existing array of data sources, ensuring a harmonious and unified approach to data acquisition.

Optimization of Dynamic Pricing Strategies

In the world of retail, the importance of timing cannot be overstated. Even a mere difference of a few cents can translate into millions of dollars in revenue impact. With DataWeave, retailers gain the capability to make data-driven decisions that provide them with a competitive edge around the clock, every single day.

Our platform empowers you to unearth margin gaps by pinpointing opportunities to raise prices while maintaining your competitive pricing position. It also identifies instances where you may be substantially overpriced, prompting necessary price adjustments to ensure competitiveness within the market. All these valuable insights are available at a hyperlocal level, facilitating pricing efficiency and optimization across your various regions of coverage. Equipped with this real-time data, you can swiftly adapt to ever-changing market conditions.

Furthermore, our comprehensive competitive data seamlessly integrates into your existing pricing systems through APIs, facilitating quick and informed pricing actions based on robust data.

Reliable and Customer-First Tech Platform

Our platform boasts a remarkable level of sophistication when it comes to data aggregation, normalization, visualization, and integration capabilities. It stands as a massively scalable system with the capacity to aggregate billions of data points daily, spanning thousands of web sources. This includes the intricate handling of sources like mobile apps and websites known for frequently altering their site structures, among others.

What truly sets us apart is our proficiency in addressing these challenges through a blend of human expertise and large-scale machine learning. Additionally, our commitment to delivering unmatched service extends to round-the-clock, 24/7 support. This comprehensive approach makes our fuel pricing intelligence solution not only effective but also cost-efficient in meeting your fuel data requirements.

We also provide a variety of options for you to consume our data, which includes receiving our reports via email, SFTP, S3 buckets, data lakes like Snowflake, and APIs.

Enhance your Fuel Pricing Strategies with DataWeave

In the ever-competitive world of retail, staying ahead is not just a goal; it’s a necessity. The fuel pricing landscape, often overlooked, holds immense power to impact a retailer’s profitability. DataWeave’s real-time, comprehensive, and accurate fuel pricing intelligence solution is the key to securing this advantage. Retailers and convenience stores now have a powerful platform at their disposal, offering unparalleled precision, comprehensive coverage, and the agility needed to navigate this landscape.

Join the ranks of industry leaders who have already harnessed the potential of DataWeave. Reach out to us today to redefine your approach to fuel pricing and propel your business to new heights!