Local gas prices drop slightly
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah fell 0.9 cents a gallon last week to $3.38 a gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average fell 0.6 cents a gallon to $3.26, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 2.1 cents a gallon higher than one year ago and are 14.0 cents a gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has decreased 1.4 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 8.7 cents lower than a year ago.
“It appears that this year there will be little change in gas prices between Christmas and mid-January, something that has only happened one out of the last seven years,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “Gasoline inventories have rebounded sharply in the past several weeks ... It’s hard for prices to rally with the monster increases in supply we’ve been seeing.”
Real estate agent opens company
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Longtime real estate agent Robbie Bunting recently launched a new real estate business, Hilton Head Properties at 12 New Orleans Road, across U.S. 278 from the Village of Wexford.
Bunting, who spent 26 years licensed with Dunes Marketing Group, begins the new venture with Realtor Jane Hyers. They have worked together for more than eight years.
Hilton Head Properties represents luxury homes, villas and home sites on Hilton Head, in Bluffton and the Daufuskie Island area.
For more information, call 843-785-7111 or email Info@HiltonHeadProperties.biz.
Retail scholarship winners include Rincon student
A Georgia Southern University student from Rincon is among winners of the annual Aspire2Retail Intercollegiate Challenge sponsored by the NRF Foundation and American Express.
The competition engages university students in a competitive, collaborative role play that involves implementing a multi-tiered business strategy.
This year, students had to describe all aspects of showrooming and outline the threats and opportunities that come with it. Showrooming is described as the practice of shoppers comparing retailers’ store prices to other companies’ online prices and choosing to purchase the item online from a different company.
The winning team included Reannah Haselden of Rincon along with students from Florida State University, the University of Florida, University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Each student will receive a scholarship worth $2,500 along with a complimentary registration to Retail’s BIG Show in New York City, where they were scheduled to present their award-winning business plan on Monday during a session titled “Showrooming: An Opportunity or a Threat?”