Counter-Tech: Don’t Hide — The Online Identity Based Economy Is Here
Join the crowd and make sure you don’t leave your company behind a pseudonym.
In The Future, You’re Going To Print Automotive Parts
Yes, one day — and people can already do it to a limited extent — parts stores will be able to print the parts a customer wants. Sound outlandish? It’s not.
Where Do We Go From Here?
By Allen Markowitz and Allan Gerber We received another call from a jobber in distress looking for some assistance and the vision of a clearer future. Most of the time, we feel that updated training will help most jobbers, mainly in areas such as outside salesman training (including the addition of new modern marketing programs),
Parts, Parts and More Parts
Thirty-three years ago, when I started my official career in the automotive business, the number one selling SKU was the FL1-A. Thirty-three years ago, when I started my official career in the automotive business, the number one selling SKU was the FL1-A. This Motorcraft spin-on filter fit every Ford produced with a spin-on filter,
Parts, Parts and More Parts
Thirty-three years ago, when I started my official career in the automotive business, the number one selling SKU was the FL1-A.
The Refund: What an Opportunity!
We do not often find ourselves with all the control of a situation as our customers dictate to us what we are going to do.
Still not getting all my emails
In spite of my commitment to email, in the end, it is nothing more than good, old correspondence and by its very nature it “takes two to Tango.”
So Many Cars, So Few Repairs
As we speak to your technician customers at our seminars, one pattern becomes increasingly apparent – the number of cars on the roads today does not translate into the proper number of cars coming into the bays for repairs.
Have Money. Need Product.
There’s nothing more agonizing than needing or wanting something and you can’t have access to it. Here he was, money ready in-hand, eagerly wanting to spend it but not being able to buy what he wanted.
Thomas Taylor, the 2012 Counter Professional of the Year
Thomas Taylor has been named the 2012 Counter Professional of the Year, sponsored by Affinia, WIX and Raybestos chassis.
How The Search For The Higgs Boson Led Me, And You, To The WWW
The elusive Higgs Boson particle or the so called “God Particle” seems to exist after all. I did not know it at the time, but we had already benefited by the science involved in its search. I figure that not that many of us in the auto parts industry wondered how the recent announcement
Would You Really Help A Friend In Trouble? Here’s Your Chance
In his guest column, Aftermarket Foundation Vice President Joe Mittelman explains the mission of the organization and how you can help. By Joe Mittelman The Aftermarket Foundation Vice President Founded more than 50 years ago by several top auto parts chain store owners, the Aftermarket Foundation was established to honor the memory of