CarParts.com and A-Premium Expand Partnership to Launch 30,000-SKU JC Whitney Product Line

CarParts.com Inc. and A-Premium announced a collaboration to launch approximately 30,000 new SKUs of mechanical auto parts under the JC Whitney brand. CarParts.com completed an $8 million private placement of common stock at 80 cents per share to fund inventory investment for the product line.

The initial 6,000 JC Whitney SKUs are expected to be available for sale in early Q2 2026, with subsequent launches scaling toward the full 30,000-SKU catalog over the year.

"JC Whitney is one of the most recognized names in automotive, with a heritage going back over a century," said David Meniane, CEO of CarParts.com. "A-Premium brings the sourcing, the content, and the fulfillment infrastructure to turn that brand into a scaled product business. We expect it to be accretive to earnings."

Frank Xie, chief executive officer of A-Premium, said the partnership builds on the $35.7 million strategic investment completed in September 2025. "We are excited to apply our go-to-market system to the JC Whitney product line and help CarParts.com build JC Whitney into something special."