Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance Hosts Annual Shareholder Meeting
More than 500 participants representing 52 shareholders and 120 vendor partners reviewed past and current business performance and upcoming opportunities.
Top Distribution Headlines in 2010
We pick from the most-read stories those issues that made an impact in 2010.
‘Aftermarket Fast Forward: What You Need to Know to Stay Ahead’ Is Theme for GAAS 2011
The annual two-day Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium brings together industry leaders and experts to examine the issues and trends affecting the automotive aftermarket and influencing its future.
Handful of Seats Remain for Leadership 2.0
The 2010-11 class of the University of the Aftermarket Leadership 2.0 experience is nearing a sellout. Industry professionals interested in participating in the aftermarket’s cornerstone executive development program are urged to contact the University as soon as possible to reserve their seats.
More Business? Bring It On
The aftermarket could begin to experience an unprecedented windfall in the next few months. What’s happening? Thousands of new car dealerships — at least 3,000 of them — are slated or are expected to close. The financially strapped car manufacturers are looking to thin the ranks of the car dealerships because during these economically challenging
Leadership 2.0 Attendees Hone Their Skills
Twenty-five people from a diverse cross-section of the aftermarket industry gather to plan, ponder the future.
Leadership 2.0: It’s Where It’s At
Well, the choice has been made. The editors of Counterman magazine received a mountain of entries for the 2008 Counter Professional of the Year, presented by Affinia. After much deliberation and sifting through all the entries, Craig Bradley, of NAPA in Lansing, Mich., was chosen as the recipient of this year’s award. Craig and his
You Get Out Of It What You Put Into It
December seems like a long way off, but it’s not really, especially if you have to sift through hundreds of applications for Counterman’s annual Counter Professional of the Year award, which is presented by Affinia. Each year, the staff of Counterman magazine and aftermarketNews carefully study a myriad of entries to select the CPOTY (that’s
Exploring Life’s Market
My own life, even up to this point, has not been stationary, and so it goes. This will be my last column for Counterman magazine. I am moving on, choosing to take a different path in the market of life.
Top Ten News Makers of ’07
For the fourth year in a row, the editorial staffs of aftermarketNews and Counterman magazine have selected 10 individuals who have made an impact on the industry this past year. The list is presented in alphabetical order.