Independent Automotive Repair Garage Survey: November 2015

According to the survey responses from our network of independent garage owners, demand trends increased in November relative to the prior year's period, boosted by a favorable calendar shift. Solid traffic and ticket trends more than offset weakness in the period due to unseasonably warm weather as evidenced by the 57.2 reading in our Current Sales Index (vs. 55.8 in October and an average of 56.7).