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    Emily Kline
    May 15, 2025
    Rising costs, delayed production, and strained relationships could spell an uncertain future.
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    Bill Long to retire in January 2026; Paul McCarthy named successor.
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    Emily Kline
    March 27, 2025
    How the Automotive Parts Associates president is guiding the organization towards success.
    Chris Jones
    Trey Magee is a third-generation parts store owner. His family bought into Carquest Auto Parts in 1981.
    Chris Jones
    Aug. 4, 2023
    Auto parts stores — like Trey Magee’s Carquest franchise — are unseen but important cogs in the wheel of independent repair shops.
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    Peter Maithel
    Dec. 1, 2022
    Automotive manufacturing industry principal gives his top 5 predictions for the new year
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    Brian Cluster
    June 29, 2022
    After the e-commerce jump in the aftermarket in 2020 and expected growth of 15.1 percent for the next few years, retailers and distributors in the industry will face tremendous...
    In June, Jill Trotta, subject-matter expert in automotive propulsion technologies, will point her hydrogen-powered Toyota eastward from Oakland, California, to Indianapolis for a conference, where she'll lead a panel discussion.
    Alan Segal
    April 12, 2022
    Five industry execs share their dream ride and maintenance requirements amid multiple crises – and you can use these road trip checklist ideas to sell to DIY and DIFM customers...
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    Alan Segal
    April 11, 2022
    Long-term outlook from these externalities may force automotive aftermarket businesses to rethink these risks to everyday operations, as Roland Berger Partner Neury Freitas explains...
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    Alan Segal
    Feb. 24, 2022
    What they learned from the shifting dynamics helped them fortify a resilient supply chain strategy.
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    Hollenshade's Automotive's Tim (l.) and Tom (r.) Hollenshade, and Tim Hollenshade Jr. have had business growth but report technicians spend more time to complete a repair because of the need to buy parts piecemeal instead of in kits.
    Alan Segal
    Feb. 7, 2022
    Four frontline workers share their stressful tasks in clearing supply hurdles: Prices take a backseat to availability, and shops spend additional time sourcing from multiple suppliers...
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    Peter Maithel
    Dec. 21, 2021
    Automotive manufacturing industry principal gives his top 3 predictions for trends in the new year
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    Neil Pope
    Nov. 16, 2021
    Resolving semiconductor shortages is just one piece of the puzzle.
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    Alan Segal
    Nov. 1, 2021
    In this op-ed piece by Aftermarket Business World Contributing Editor Alan Segal, he calls on President Biden to end tariffs on Chinese goods, arguing they harm consumers and ...
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    Alan Segal
    Oct. 7, 2021
    Managing mutually beneficial expectations from each side is less intuitive than what common sense asks.