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Bestbuy Distributors’ January 2021 Flyer is up

Bestbuy Distributors’ January 2021 flyer is now available. The January 2021 Bestbuy flyer highlights Supplier of the Month NGK Spark Plugs of Canada. The flyer also includes a selection parts and supplies from Sea Foam, Cliplight, Mobil 1, Kleen-Flo, CRC, Grote, Pico,...

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Store design and COVID

Store design and COVID

Despite the effects that the pandemic has had on many aftermarket operations, a recent survey by NPD showed that do-it-yourself business is up markedly. This bodes well for shops with retail showrooms, but store design can have a real impact on performance. However,...

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Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance plans 2022 AAPEX event

Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance plans 2022 AAPEX event

“The 2015 and 2018 Jackpot Conventions were both huge successes, and we are thrilled to be returning for round three in 2022,” said JC Washbish, vice president of sales & marketing at the Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance. The Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc....

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Recommitting to best work-from-home practices

Recommitting to best work-from-home practices

As much of Canada’s aftermarket heads into the new year amid rising COVID-19 rates and tightened restrictions on many elements of our personal and professional lives, recommitting to work-from-home best practices can help productivity and personal wellbeing. Eight...

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CRA Standard Rate on 2021 auto expenses largely unchanged

The Department of Finance Canada announced the CRA Standard Rate automobile income tax deduction limits and expense benefit rates that will apply in 2021, but with one proposed shift to address COVID-19 impact. Most of the limits and rates that applied in...

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SEMA presents digital marketing webinar

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) is presenting a webinar on digital marketing for the aftermarket. SEMA asks: What are the winners in digital marketing doing? Are they using a secret “growth hack” to scale? Most likely no. Winners are doing the “hard...

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Shad’s R&R Looks to Return in 2021

Shad's R&R industry charity event is asking Canada's aftermarket to remember the cornerstone event in their budgeting and to mark their calendars for June 10, 2021. Cancelled for the first time in 46 years in 2020, the event is planning for a return in 2021. The...

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