aftermarket News Issue: Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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Fisher Auto Parts Continues Expansion; Acquires Crystal Lake Pit Stop and Adds a New Distribution Center Crystal Lake Pit Stop Inc., headquartered in Crystal Lake, Ill., was founded in 1977 and joined the Federated Auto Parts programmed distribution group in 1999. More...

GM Reaches Agreement to Sell Saab to Spyker As part of the agreement, Spyker intends to form a new company, Saab Spyker Automobiles, which will carry the Saab brand forward. More...

ITW Reports 66 Percent Increase in Diluted Income Per Share Operating margins of 12.7 percent improve 120 basis points versus year-ago period. More...

AAIA Introduces New DRIVE Online Aftermarket Training and Education Resource The initial release of the directory, which is a work-in-progress, includes more than 75 participating organizations and more than 300 pages of listings. More...

Pep Boys to Test Market Green Earth Technologies' Automotive Appearance Products on the West Coast The Pep Boys' locations involved in the test will now carry a variety of Green Earth Technologies' car cleaning products including G-WASH Heavy Duty Hydrophobic Car Wash, G-WHEEL Wheel Cleaner, G-TIRE Ultimate Tire Shine, G-GLASS Organic Glass Cleane...... More...

Remy International to Supply Electric Motors to Allison Transmission for GM-Allison Hybrid Drive Systems Today, the GM-Allison Hybrid Drive Systems with Remy electric motor technology are on the roads in more than 94 cities worldwide. More...

Toyota Temporarily Suspends Sales of Selected Vehicles Toyota today said that it is instructing its dealers to temporarily suspend sales of the eight models involved in the recall. More...

Mitchell 1's Business Performance Services Partner, Elite, Launches New Web Site In addition to offering a number of products from Mitchell 1, Elite's new Web site is revolutionary with the breadth and depth of affordable solutions it provides to the auto repair industry, said the company. More...

Call for Entries: 2010 Polk Inventory Efficiency Awards The Polk Inventory Efficiency Award recognizes and rewards outstanding automotive aftermarket companies for process improvements relative to inventory efficiency. More...

NPD Report: High Unemployment Affects Aftermarket Front-of-Store and Hard Parts Sales Differently In addition to the not-too-surprising finding that markets above and well above the national unemployment rate had lower overall sales than other markets, NPD found hard parts sales in these markets fared significantly better than front-of-store cate...... More...

Interest in Alternative Energy Vehicles Revs Up in China, While Japan and U.S. Are Slower to Come on Board, New SSI Study Reveals Interest in purchasing an eco-friendly car is generally consistent across age groups within each country but varies widely among countries. More...

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