Read automotive aftermarket news, aftermarket trends and industry analysis from our own in-depth research. Plus, we share the latest from SEMA, AASA, MEMA, Custom Automotive Network (CAN, formerly PWA) and the Auto Care Association (formerly AAIA).
6 Automotive POS Systems Compared
Aftermarket AnalysisThere are many options for an automotive POS system (point of sale system) to help you run your auto parts business. Some POS systems branch out into managing inventory, customer records or managing multiple retail locations. Automotive POS…
Auto Parts Industry Growth: eCommerce at $67 Billion by 2030
Aftermarket Analysis, Market Research, Marketing ArticlesAuto parts industry growth: 9% eCommerce growth rate through 2025 Compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for parts eCommerce is projected just under 9% through 2025. Online revenue for automotive parts eCommerce revenue will reach $38 billion…
Consumer Search Patterns: 6 Types of Search Queries
Aftermarket AnalysisIt's important for anyone in internet marketing to understand consumer search patterns, how search intent matters and these six types of search queries. These are basic types of search queries used to find automotive aftermarket parts and accessories.In…
Automotive Industry Future Outlook: 2021-2023
Aftermarket AnalysisThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed the future of the automotive industry. We show the current situation and the future of the automotive industry, in just seven charts.We'll start by showing you the current impact of the pandemic on the…
Auto Parts eCommerce Market Share At $16 Billion in 2020
Aftermarket Analysis, Market Research, Marketing Articles Auto parts eCommerce market share: transformational shift in 2020-2021 Note: Here's a link to a more recent article on auto parts industry growth and eCommerce projections.Trends in online shopping: automotive parts eCommerce revenue…
Auto Parts Chains Staging a Retail Comeback
Aftermarket Analysis, Market ResearchThe top auto parts chain stores appear to be staging a retail comeback during the coronavirus pandemic. The data includes weekly credit card transactions from AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP), O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY) and NAPA Auto Parts (NYSE: GPC). These auto parts chains act as a bellwether for DIY activity as well as retail, two important [read more] ...
Our Priorities in 2020 So Far
Aftermarket AnalysisWe were having fun on LinkedIn this week. Marketing guru/entrepreneur Larry Kim of chatbot company MobileMonkey posted a graph showing the relative importance of things in 2020.During this coronavirus crisis, we'll take any opportunity to…
Coronavirus impact on the amazing automotive aftermarket: Recessions, stock market crashes, unemployment
Aftermarket Analysis What's the coronavirus impact on the auto aftermarket? What is the COVID-19 and coronavirus impact on the auto aftermarket? Most economists seem to agree right now that we're probably heading into a recession. (This is written March 27, 2020.)…
Updated 7/28/20: Coronavirus and Automotive Aftermarket eCommerce News
Aftermarket Analysis, Market Research, Marketing ArticlesNote: See related article, click here: Auto parts chain store sales trends. Aftermarket eCommerce maintaining big increase from 2019(July 28) Data shows the aftermarket eCommerce channel has a significant year-over-year (YoY) revenue…
Website Taxonomy Best Practices for Automotive Sites
Aftermarket Analysis, Marketing ArticlesIn this article, we asked automotive data guru Chris Fellows of DCi about website taxonomy best practices. Simply put, website taxonomy is the process to create a classification system for a site. It's a system of naming and organizing products into logical groups that share similar characteristics.
Future of the Automotive Industry: 2020 Predictions by Automotive Industry Experts
Aftermarket AnalysisIndustry experts give their predictions of automotive aftermarket industry trends for 2020. They offer their takes on video advertising, website design and speed, product data and AI. There are also predictions on 3P marketplaces including Walmart, Amazon and...
What Is The Most Popular Truck in America
Aftermarket AnalysisWe show you the most popular pickup truck in America including full-size and medium-size trucks, domestic and imported. New registrations of light trucks (including SUVs and CUVs) exceeded 9 million units in 2018. That reached around 12 million for 2019. More than 2 million pickups were sold and are expected to...
