Top Ten News Stories of 2004
Whether you believe 2004 was a good or bad year for the aftermarket, no one can argue this was a big news year for our industry. Here’s a month-by-month look at what Counterman and aftermarketNews.com and consider to be biggest news events of 2004.
Top Ten News Stories o2004
Whether you believe 2004 was a good or bad year for the aftermarket, no one can argue this was a big news year for our industry. Here’s a month-by-month look at what Counterman and aftermarketNews.com and consider to be biggest news events of 2004.
Cost Crunch
Rising gas prices continue, but so must your parts deliveries. What do you do?
Technology Revisited
Five years after the tech boom, the industry is refining its use of technology
The Program Group Puzzle
As the program group universe continues to consolidate, groups are looking to find their niche in the ever-increasing quest for shareholder value, retention and recruitment.
Raw Materials Hit Raw Nerve for Suppliers
Have you bought a tank of gas lately? Prices for petroleum, copper – and particularly steel – are putting the squeeze on suppliers.
Divided We Stand
What kind of issue is the “Right to Repair?” It depends on whom you ask. Why does this issue divide technicians, distributors and manufacturers? What can the aftermarket industry learn from this critical debate?
Mirror Image
Counterfeiting is big business, accounting for five to eight percent of all goods sold worldwide.
The Super Stores
An In-Depth Look At The 20 Largest Store Groups The big distributors in the industry just keep getting bigger. See how the most influential store groups in the industry have grown over the last 12 months.
No Record Found: You Can’t Sell What You Can’t Find
While a new part number may indeed be available through your warehouse, oftentimes neither you nor your customer can find it since the parts data has not yet been updated in your e-cat. Catalog latency costs the market billions of dollars in lost sales. How are electronic catalog providers addressing this critical issue?