NPD’s Portalatin Back by Popular Demand at AAPEX Education Session
David Portalatin, NPD’s top industry analyst, will present an exclusive first public look at NPD’s 2010 Aftermarket Consumer Outlook study.
NPD Finds Auto Aftermarket Consumers Still Likely to Claim Name Brands as Higher Quality Than Private Label Products
According to NPD auto aftermarket research, sales of private label or store brand auto products have grown, but consumers of automotive aftermarket products still perceive a quality difference between private label and name brands.
NPD Names Brian Holliday Director of Auto Aftermarket Retailer Partnerships
Holliday joins NPD with extensive experience in the automotive aftermarket industry, most recently at Honeywell.
NPD Finds Consumers Beginning to Spend to Keep Aging Vehicles on the Road
Recent NPD report says aftermarket parts sales are encouraging, but future growth in question.
NPD Reports on Top and Bottom Markets for Auto Aftermarket Sales
Milwaukee tops list in growth; Phoenix anchors list in decline.
NPD Finds Economic Concerns and Gas Prices Keep Consumers Driving Less
New survey results continue to demonstrate consumers’ commitment to driving less.
Lower Gas Prices Not Likely to Reverse Long-Term Driving Changes, Says NPD’s Portalatin
NPD research shows consumers plan to maintain their cars instead of buying new ones.
NPD Finds Consumers Making Long-Term Changes in Driving Patterns to Cope with Rising Gas Prices
Americans are making lasting changes in their driving patterns as a result of two-and-a-half years of record gas prices, according to a new survey conducted by The NPD Group. The NPD survey of 43,000 drivers captures the temporary/short-term changes consumers are making to cope with rising gas prices — modifying vacation plans, carpooling — and the longer-term changes, like changing jobs to work closer to home or moving closer to work, which began to emerge when inflation-adjusted gasoline prices soared to unprecedented levels.
NPD Now Offers Cooling Category Information from AAIM Panel Companies
HOUSTON – Market research firm The NPD Group has announced the availability of commercial and retail cooling category point-of sale (POS) information from all nine automotive specialty retailers and wholesale distributors in the Aftermarket Industry Monitor (AAIM). In 2007, NPD began re-releasing hard parts point-of-sale information, with cooperation from the nine AAIM panel companies and
Consumers to Spend More on Vehicle Appearance This Year, Says NPD
According to new information from The NPD Group, marketers of vehicle appearance products could see a boost in business this spring. The firm reports 12 percent of consumers surveyed last fall indicated they would spend more money on vehicle appearance this year; only four percent said they would spend less. Early spring data indicates that consumers may be following through on that promise. Based upon NPD’s Early Indicator Report on sales through the auto parts channel, dollar sales for appearance products and accessories were more than 17 percent higher in the month of March 2007 versus the same month in 2006.