Derek Suen, recipient of the 2020 Young Leader of the Year Award, has dedicated the honour to the late Roy Shannon, a cornerstone of Atlantic Canada’s automotive aftermarket who passed away earlier this year. The Young Leader of the Year Award is presented by the AIA...
GROUP DORVAL-SOURCES-ST-HENRI principals Alex Trichas, Nick, Chris, and Andre Dimopolous, and right-hand man Gus Anagnostaras (far left) have spearheaded the Hope & Cope Foundation Walk-a-thon for 12 years, raising funds for the cause, and raising company morale...
The COVID-19 crisis has created a heightened awareness of the importance of instituting safe delivery practices designed to minimize contact between persons in the automotive aftermarket. While your business, and those of your customers, will have new protocols in...
Certainly a great many who work in the automotive aftermarket have been working from home offices for some time, as a matter of course. But the current imperatives to minimize physical contact with others and to set up operations in our dens, basements and spare...
New data suggests that Canadian drivers are hitting the road some 43% less during this COVID-19 pandemic, but there are some considerable differences across the country. According to Mojio, which designs, develops and delivers connected mobility solution, this...
Uni-Select and Bumper to Bumper Canada organized a COVID-19 Task Force and donated thousands of N95 respirators to Canadian healthcare professionals and local hospitals. “These are unprecedented times and we are all humbled by the great dedication and sacrifice...
With the worldwide shortage of personal protective equipment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, staff at the the NAPA Langley, B.C. distribution centre were surprised when their shipment of N95 masks arrived. “We knew we had some on order, but we weren’t sure we...
The April 2020 issue of Jobber Nation is now available as a digital early edition. Featuring incoming Automotive Industries Association of Canada chair Susan Hitchon, the issue also features SPECIAL COVID-19 COVERAGE for Canada's automotive aftermarket. ALSO in the...
In one of many examples of how Canada's aftermarket is showing its best, Bestbuy Distributors shareholder Colonial Auto Parts in St. John's, NF saluted the front line workers in the COVID-19 crisis. "In this time of turmoil and uncertainty we just wanted to express...