by Amy Antenora
The Week in Review offers a snapshot of the most read stories of the week as seen on aftermarketNews. To access the complete stories, simply click on the highlighted links. If you missed reading one of our daily news emails, click on any of the dates listed at the bottom of the page to begin catching up on the latest industry news.
This week on aftermarketNews, our exclusive five-part series from industry veteran Dave Caracci garnered a lot of readership. His thought-provoking series explores the challenges that today’s complex aftermarket p rod uct lines create for distributors and manufacturers. In the series, Caracci also looks at the impact that technology, globalization and offshoring have on the market.
If you missed it, click on the links below to read the entire series.
The Evolution of Aftermarket Product Lines, Part One: Where We Are Today and How We Got Here
The Evolution of Aftermarket Product Lines, Part Two
The Evolution of Aftermarket Product Lines, Part Three: Questions and Answers
The Evolution of Aftermarket Product Lines, Part Four: Questions and Answers
The Evolution of Aftermarket Product Lines, Part Five: Offshoring’s Dangerous Side
AMN readers were also interested to find out who is receiving recognition from Northwood University this year. Seven aftermarket executives will be presented with Northwood’s annual Automotive Aftermarket Education Awards at the AAPEX show next week. Click here to read about this year’s honorees.
News that Hytec Automotive has been named a preferred vendor for the Automotive Distribution Network was also a popular news item on AMN this week. As a preferred vendor, Hytec becomes the sole supplier of new water pumps for the Network’s Parts Plus and IAPA stores.
O’Reilly Automotive reported this week that its third quarter 2007 earnings brings the company to 56 quarters of record revenues and earnings since the company went public in April 1993. O’Reilly has reported third quarter 2007 net income of $53.1 million, up more than 10 percent from the third quarter of 2006.
Another highly read news item on AMN this week came from auto parts distributor and franchise company 1-800-Radiator, which announced that it will buy the assets of 36 Proliance locations. Proliance, a manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket heat exchange and temperature control p rod ucts for automotive and heavy-duty applications, is selling the assets of these locations as part of a restructuring initiative.
To view all of the news from the past week, simply click on the link for each corresponding day:
