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New Auto Market Research: Secrets of Parts Buyers Revealed

May 7, 2012
New Auto Market Research: Secrets of Parts Buyers Revealed

New BuyerZoom and BrandZoom reports are available through the Hedges & Company Market Research Store. We’ve added new reports covering engine bearings, carburetors, connecting rods, cylinder heads, engine blocks, performance fasteners, fuel and oil pumps, gaskets, lifters, pistons, push rods, rocker arms, valves, and valve springs. For the first time in the automotive aftermarket it is possible to obtain affordable research reports focused on buyers of specific types of parts. BuyerZoom reports give you extensive behavioral data on consumers who shopped for or purchased specific types of parts, while BrandZoom reports show consumer perceptions...

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2012 Online Sales of Auto Parts Growing

April 17, 2012
2012 Online Sales of Auto Parts Growing

With the Catalyst 2012 conference in full swing this week in Las Vegas — ChannelAdvisor’s annual ecommerce gathering — we thought this would be a good time to examine online sales of auto parts, statistics and multichannel shopping. The growth in online sales of auto parts has been outpacing the rest of the industry for many years. In 2009 we saw the slowest growth rate at just under 10% over 2008. More recently, we’re seeing a robust growth rate again and we’re projecting online sales of auto parts to be just under $3.5 billion...

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2011 Auto Parts Sales Looking Good

December 13, 2011
2011 Auto Parts Sales Looking Good

2011 has been a strong year for the performance & accessory and replacement parts market. Auto parts sales are up and there are several positive year-end economic indicators. The auto parts industry is poised to come into 2012 with momentum. We are projecting retail sales of auto parts to have a 4.5% increase over 2010 (including replacement parts, performance parts & accessories, tires and wheels). The graph shown here shows two consecutive years of growth, a far improvement over 2009. (Readers of this blog know retail sales of auto parts went into negative territory...

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A Checklist If You’re Thinking of Selling Online

August 30, 2010

A friend of ours, Rob Eberhart, posted a good checklist to follow if you’re considering selling automotive performance parts and accessories online. Rob’s an expert on selling auto parts online and works at Direct Communications, Inc. (DCi), and his blog is over on the CatalogRack eStore site, found here. His checklist is good advice for anyone starting out. His six most important things to check off: 1). First, decide how you’ll sell online: turnkey website, through shopping sites like eBay, or build your own site from scratch (very expensive!). 2). Don’t forget the data!...

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