Market Trends & Analysis
  • Seasonal Opportunities

    Motorcycle, marine, leisure, and garden batteries can provide strong margins, different seasonal profiles ...

    Motorcycle, marine, leisure, and garden batteries can provide strong margins, different seasonal profiles, and lucrative new markets for factors to explore throughout the year. Factors should look to ...

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  • Morris Lubricants Names its Popular Products

    Stay ahead of the competition by keeping up-to-speed with the latest products that are selling well withi ...

    Stay ahead of the competition by keeping up-to-speed with the latest products that are selling well within the aftermarket. This month, Morris Lubricants highlights some products that could make a dif ...

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  • Are You Prepared for GDPR?

    Distributors using a vehicle fleet need to take action now to prepare for new legislation which will affe ...

    Distributors using a vehicle fleet need to take action now to prepare for new legislation which will affect their data; waiting until the last minute is not a viable option. Helen Goldthorpe and Richa ...

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  • Deterred From Diesel?

    Used vehicle database Cazana finds that UK motorists are still not deterred from diesel, despite the medi ...

    Used vehicle database Cazana finds that UK motorists are still not deterred from diesel, despite the media frenzy that followed the ‘Dieselgate’ scandal. Ongoing concerns over emissions, impending scr ...

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  • A Five Point Plan to Generate Profit 

    Dee Blick, retained Chartered Marketer for K-Seal distributor Kalimex, explains how to create a simple an ...

    Dee Blick, retained Chartered Marketer for K-Seal distributor Kalimex, explains how to create a simple and powerful marketing plan. If you’re keen to grow your business you have to do more than delive ...

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  • Motorcycle Servicing

    Autodata says that 95% of motorcycle owners also own other vehicles and that by servicing them, your cust ...

    Autodata says that 95% of motorcycle owners also own other vehicles and that by servicing them, your customers are opening themselves up to added revenue streams, which can filter back to you. Accordi ...

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  • The Connected Car Challenge

    Delphi says it has developed a Big Data solution that will help the automotive industry to unlock the pro ...

    Delphi says it has developed a Big Data solution that will help the automotive industry to unlock the profit potential that connected cars could bring. The amount of data generated by connected vehicl ...

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  • The Consolidation Movement and the IAM: An Opportunity or Threat?

    PMF hears from Quentin Le Hetet, General Manager at GiPA UK, and Tristan Kitchin, GiPA’s Research Manager ...

    PMF hears from Quentin Le Hetet, General Manager at GiPA UK, and Tristan Kitchin, GiPA’s Research Manager, who look at how some of the industry’s big players’ attempts to consolidate market share coul ...

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  • Is SMART the Way Forward?

    Graham O’Neill, CEO of ACIS, argues that small to medium area repair technology (SMART) is the way forwar ...

    Graham O’Neill, CEO of ACIS, argues that small to medium area repair technology (SMART) is the way forward for factors. Many motor factors understand that the traditional model of distributing motor p ...

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  • Sales Strategies US-UK

    PMF speaks to Lucas Oil about the differences and similarities in sales strategies between the US and the ...

    PMF speaks to Lucas Oil about the differences and similarities in sales strategies between the US and the UK. People who know about engine oils and problem-solving additives know about Lucas Oil, the ...

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