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SNAPSHOT: Plug-in Electric Vehicles

SNAPSHOT: Plug-in Electric Vehicles

While Hybrid Electric Vehicles paved the way for electric vehicle adoption, Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) rule the category now. Battery Electric Vehicles and Plug-In Hybrids are making significant inroads around the world. Adoption varies widely by country due to...

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Selling Premium: Why It’s Worth The Extra Effort

Selling Premium: Why It’s Worth The Extra Effort

By Kevin Leahy Auto Parts Centres, Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Grimsby, Ontario Premium products are usually presented as the better quality alternative, often in a fancier box, and at a premium price. Yet, with automotive service providers who are looking at...

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A Legacy of Distinguished Service

A Legacy of Distinguished Service

In conversation with John MacDonald John MacDonald literally grew up in this business. Satch, the nickname he has carried since childhood, has enjoyed an aftermarket career marked by commitment and service not just to the organization his family founded, but also...

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Trades program offers tire discount, roadside assistance

Trades program offers tire discount, roadside assistance

BFGoodrich Tires has launched a first-of-its-kind tradesmen support program in Canada for the men and women in construction, agriculture, landscaping and other trades that rely heavily on pickup trucks to get work done, offering tire discounts and roadside assistance....

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Auto Value announces 2019 scholarship winners

Auto Value announces 2019 scholarship winners

One of three Canadian scholarship winners, (left) Mark Malig, in the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Parts Technician program, received his scholarship through Central Auto Parts Distributors in Alberta. Here he receives his cheque from Auto Value 32 Ave. NE...

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Uni-Select 300,000-sq.-ft. Calgary DC its largest yet

Uni-Select 300,000-sq.-ft. Calgary DC its largest yet

Brent Windom, President and Chief Executive Officer of Uni-Select, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi are joined by members of the team at Uni-Select's new Bumper to Bumper Calgary DC. Uni-Select Inc. celebrated the official opening of a new Bumper to Bumper distribution...

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