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2023: The Year of NAPA Braking! 💿 Check out this great article from The BRAKE Report on the significant expansion of our NAPA Braking range 👇 #Automotive #Brakes #NAPAAutoPartsUK

The Genuine Parts Company's U.S. automotive sales declined approximately 1% in the third quarter with comparable sales down 2.9%, which includes the negative impact of one less selling day year-over-year. Also, the third quarter of 2022 included the benefit of sales associated with NAPA Expo, a sales event held roughly every five years. This negatively impacted year-over-year comparisons by an estimated 170 basis points. Collectively, these two factors represented approximately 340 basis points of headwind. By month, July was slightly up, August was down low-single digits and September was up low-single digits. Sales to both commercial and retail customers were ... (more) ... https://lnkd.in/gFHMzU4k NAPA Auto Parts #NAPA #GPC #aftermarket #autoparts #autocare

Dramatic winter changes in temperature can cause your car battery to fail, so it's good practice to test your battery's health—especially if it's over three years old. If your battery needs replacing, do it yourself and save when you purchase AAA Batteries at NAPA Auto Parts. AAA Members enjoy $22 off retail pricing. Plus, it comes with a nationwide 3-year free replacement warranty. https://sm.aaa/8c4dh6p6

Often, I see automotive shipping companies offering to be a “single-source solution to all your shipping needs.” Don’t believe it! The equipment, experience, and operational experience necessary to safely handle and ship a $3-4 million dollar Bugatti or Koenigsegg is extremely different than what’s needed to ship a standard production car, SUV or even many of the premium cars sold today. Work with and through a transporter that specializes in high-end, exotic vehicle transport. Not a generalist shipper offering the lowest price or quickest response time to load. In life, you get what you pay or wish for: shabby performance or worse, damage in transit, with these low-cost service providers trying to be everything to everyone. It just doesn’t work. Work with experts; I encourage you to go to our website: Masney Auto Enclosed and see the difference for yourself. You’ll be glad you did.

Concerns about quality of Auto Bulbs continues to be raised in consumer press. Further to the Sunday Times article that highlighted our findings about poor quality / non-conformity bulbs hitting the UK market; Auto Express this week have picked up the baton. Interestingly their Product Editor, Kim Adams backed up our claim with anecdotes and experiences of his own when he has tested bulbs for the magazine. The perspectives of Auto Express and the RAC are clear, that buying or fitting a bulb from an OE manufacturer, or a reputable brand, such as our parent company ams OSRAM (including Ring (Ring Automotive Ltd)) or Philips will give motorists confidence in the quality and in turn the safety of the bulbs. #aftermarket #aftermarketparts #carbulbs #autobulbs #ring #ringautomotive #roadsafety #road

The Genuine Parts Company’s automotive Global Automotive segment generated $3.46 billion in net sales for the quarter — an increase of 0.8% compared to a year ago but down 2.7% on a comparable-store basis up against an +8.0% comp a year ago. Total U.S. Automotive sales decreased 5.6%, with comp-store sales down 6.1%. Sales to commercial customers were down low single digits, while sales to DIY customers were down mid-single digits. For commercial, NAPA Auto Care saw low-single-digit … (more) … https://lnkd.in/gsjH6hgn #GPC #NAPA #aftermarket #autoparts #autocare

This is an interesting article in The BRAKE Report by Cristina Perez regarding NAPA Auto Parts brakes business.

What's your store's policy on gray-market vehicles? Do you buy? Sell them? Disclose? Not disclose? Discount? Not discount? Etc.? Why do some used car managers care and some don't? StockUp Solutions Joshua Hirahara Anna K. Brittany Long Martin Petersen Christopher Smith Hal Robbins Skyler Wagstaff Whitney Olson DrivingSales National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) #usedcars #dealerships

Regardless of whether your customers are planning on long-term ownership or looking to enhance the resale value of their vehicle, a vehicle service contract provides an efficient and economical way to maintain their vehicle in top operating condition. With over 10,000 components on the average vehicle and the increased complexity and analytics of many of those components, the odds of a mechanical malfunction are not only greater than ever but also more expensive. Keep in mind, by providing your customer with coverage for the vehicle that they purchase from you, you are not only 70% more likely to see them in your service department, as opposed to your competitors or Jiffy Lube, but customers which service their vehicles at the dealership where they purchased it will purchase their next vehicle there 79% of the time versus only 35% if serviced elsewhere. Featuring everything from Exclusionary level plans providing up to 10 years and 150,000 miles of limited “bumper to bumper” coverage for brand new and late model used vehicles to major component protection on vehicles that are up to 20 model years old and which have up to 200,000 miles on the odometer at time of sale, Janus has a protection plan for every need and budget. https://lnkd.in/eHHMxqdK