LAS VEGAS – From meetings and networking opportunities to educational seminars and award presentations, AAPEX 2009 by all accounts has been deemed a success. The world’s largest annual business-to-business event in the automotive aftermarket industry was held Tuesday, Nov. 3 through Thursday, Nov. 5.

This year’s show had several new features including electronic interactive “you are here” kiosks to help buyers easily locate exhibitors and products on the show floor a live, multimedia AAPEX Demo Area that offered exhibitors an opportunity to demonstrate their products and services, and a Car Care Fair area that showed buyers how to host a Car Care event and the benefits of participating in National Car Care Month.

The AAPEX Inside Track Education Program also was expanded this year to include approximately 24 sessions. Sessions covered a range of topics including the current credit market, telematics, the Obama Administration Stimulus Plan, changes in the vehicle market, technology trends, and an aftermarket outlook, customer retention, selling parts for imports, shop profitability and marketing on a shoe string budget.

To review all of our editorial coverage from AAPEX 2009, click here or click on any of the links below to get an inside look at some of the highlights of this year’s AAPEX.

Photo Gallery: AWDA Conference and Awards

Photo Gallery: Sights from Day One at AAPEX

Photo Gallery: Day Two at AAPEX and the Cocktail Reception Round-up

Photo Gallery: Celebrity Sightings at AAPEX