Tag Archive for: Retail Sales Trends

Online Parts Sales Top $10 Billion in 2018
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market ResearchNote: this article was published in April 2018. For an updated article published in January 2019 on the automotive eCommerce market please follow the link.Annual automotive aftermarket trends forecast of auto parts ecommerce summary: •…

Car Parts Industry Trends: Online Parts Sales to Reach $8.9 Billion in 2017
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingNote: this article dates from 2017. For a more recent article click here.Our annual ecommerce automotive aftermarket industry size forecast for vehicle parts puts online retail sales at $8.89 billion in 2017, posting a 16% increase over…

Mobile Drives the Motorcycle Parts Market and Motorcycle eCommerce
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive MarketingGoogle released their latest report on search stats for the motorcycle parts market and how parts and accessory (P&A) shoppers are using the Internet. Consistent with what we're seeing for search stats for other categories, searches done…

Auto Parts Marketing: Online Parts Sales to Reach $7.4 Billion in 2016
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive MarketingNote: this article is from January 2016. For more current information, click here for automotive aftermarket trends. How big is the automotive aftermarket industry?ECommerce auto parts sales narrowed the gap with traditional brick…

How to Calculate Customer Lifetime Value In Excel: Database Marketing Part 2
Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingIn this Part 2 article we'll show you how to calculate customer lifetime value in Excel (sometimes abbreviated as CLV, LTV or CLTV). Knowing CLV is essential for database marketing and using the formula in Excel is a relatively cheap and…

Auto Parts: Online Sales to Break $6 Billion in 2015
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market Research, Automotive Marketing(Editor's note: this article was originally published in November 2014, for an updated forecast, click here for a more current article.Aftermarket auto parts online continues to grow as a sales channel, and online sales will break…

Automotive Industry Trends: Auto Parts & Tire Stores Start 2014 With 3.1% Sales Increase
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market ResearchAutomotive parts and tire stores are showing a sales increase over last year, in one of the important automotive industry trends for 2014.Brick and mortar auto parts, auto accessory and tire stores showed a 3.7% sales increase in April…

Auto Parts Sales: Is Google Forecasting a Good 2nd Quarter?
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingA promising second quarter of 2014 for auto parts and tire sales may be on the way, based off data from Google Trends.The ability to use Google Trends to forecast certain things such as flu outbreaks is well documented. We used data…

Gift Ideas and Wish Lists: Tools to Increase Online Sales & Conversions This Holiday Season
Automotive MarketingIf you sell auto parts online, you can increase online sales using website enhancements like gift idea suggestions and wish lists. Assuming you're using search engine optimization (SEO) or pay per click (PPC) advertising, it's a great way to…

Google Shopping: Boost Your Paid Search Campaigns This Holiday Season
Automotive MarketingGoogle Shopping can help increase your online sales of auto parts and accessories this holiday season and we'll tell you why and how to advertise on Google using Google Shopping ads. They make your online paid search/pay per click (PPC) campaigns…

Aftermarket Marketing: 2013 Online Sales of Auto Parts & Accessories Growing
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive MarketingNote: this article is originally from June 2013, for an updated forecast, click here for a more current article.Online sales of auto parts and accessories continue to significantly outpace brick and mortar sales. It's one of the…

Automotive Aftermarket Trends: 2013 Online Sales of Auto Parts & Accessories Growing
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive MarketingNote: this article is originally from June 2013. For an updated forecast, click here for a more current article covering online parts sales.Online sales of auto parts and accessories continue to significantly outpace brick and mortar…