TOP 5 STORIES OF THE WEEK

TOP 5 STORIES OF THE WEEK

A recap of the top five stories on aftermarketNews during the week of April 13.

Groupe Renault unveiled this week its new strategy for the Chinese market, building on two of its key pillars: Electric Vehicles (EV) and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV). 

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SEMA this week shared that Congressional leaders are negotiating legislation to expand the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan by $250 billion with half of that amount being distributed through community banks. (Editor’s note: as of press time, the first round of funding has now been depleted after just two weeks.)

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The Network named ProTech Autocare, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the first-annual Parts Plus Car Care Center of the Year award winner. Smyth Auto Parts nominated ProTech Autocare because of the high standards of excellence provided to its customers and their vehicles.

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The Aftermarket Performance Group (APG), a holding company of leading automotive performance aftermarket companies in the wholesale, retail, e-commerce and manufacturing segments, has named Mike Sinoway as the company’s CEO, effective immediately.  

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Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper kicked off their first-ever Certified Service Center (CSC) Webinar Series this month. Beginning April 13, Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper will be producing daily CSC-exclusive webinars to further benefit the shop network. 

Read more here.

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