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Market Trends & Analysis

October 9, 2008

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Source: Aftermarket Business World

NPD to analyze Walmart sales data

February 3, 2012

The NPD Group, Inc., a global leader in consumer and retail market research for a wide range of industries, has reached an agreement with Walmart to receive and analyze its point-of-sale information.

Source: Aftermarket Business World

Dealership Product Study: Dollar Power

January 20, 2012

Dealerships may have reservations about aftermarket parts quality, but their cost rescues the market from lagging sales.

Source: Aftermarket Business World

Polk: New vehicle sales to rise in 2012

January 9, 2012

Worldwide new vehicle sales in 2012 are expected to rise 6.7 percent over 2011 volumes to 77.7 million vehicles, according to Polk, a leading global automotive market intelligence firm. Polk analysts believe the global economy will weather the current European sovereign debt crisis and consumers will return to showrooms around the world in 2012.

Source: Aftermarket Business World

KPMG: U.S. automakers to see global gains over next five years

January 6, 2012

In a marked turnaround after years of economic uncertainty and industry restructuring, global auto executives say that U.S. auto brands will continue to increase market share over the next five years, according to the 13th annual global automotive executive survey conducted by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm.

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NPD: Drivers' motor oil attitude are shifting

December 19, 2011

There was a time when changing an auto's motor oil at three months or 3,000 miles was a maintenance commandment, but consumers' attitudes about changing their vehicles motor oil are shifting, according to auto aftermarket research by The NPD Group, a leading marketing research company. In response to NPD?s 2012 Aftermarket Outlook Survey conducted in August 2011, 51 percent of vehicle owners said they believe that oil should be changed every 3,000 miles or three months, down from the 59 percent of consumers who held this belief in 2007.

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