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Gas Pains

March 28, 2011 | blog | By Mike Sullivan
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Drivers line up to save a dime in Texas.

What keeps me up at night as a marketer? Four-dollar gas prices. We don’t have a single client this won’t affect. Economists are forecasting $4 pump prices by mid-summer. On a recent trip to southern California I felt the sting at the pump as I filled up several times in the $4.25 to $4.60 range. Here in Texas, we’re in better shape hovering around $3.50 as of this writing. Still, I took this photo just today not far from my home. There must have been 40 cars stacked up to save about a dime 10 per gallon.

Gallup’s measure of economic optimism reflects this picture. In a recent report the polling firm said Americans have given up all the gains in economic optimism since the beginning of the year. Short-term discretionary spending is also trending downward. We can’t advertise our way around a tough economy. But, we navigated the last tumultuous downturn and there are strategies that work in this environment. We’re ready for the fight.

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Mike Sullivan

President at LOOMIS, the country’s leading challenger brand advertising agency

 
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