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- BB&T Weekly Aftermarket Intelligence Update
AAIA and BB&T Capital Markets have teamed up to provide a unique report available through AAIA. This report, AAIA/BB&T Weekly Automotive Aftermarket Intelligence Update, is published every Tuesday in AAIA SmartBrief. The report provides comprehensive and timely information and trends about the aftermarket and the relative performance of companies serving the industry, including manufacturers/suppliers; distributors; retailers; service and repair; and collision. To view this week's issue, click here.     
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- Small businesses stall growth in anticipation of policy shifts
Uncertainty over the effect of a range of public policy issues has led to hiring freezes, benefit cuts and delayed expansions at small businesses. Owners are concerned their cost of doing business may increase because of health care reform, the end of Bush-era tax cuts and climate-change legislation. "There's so much trepidation out there," says W. Michael Brown, who owns Olympus Imported Auto Parts in Virginia. "The thing I'm struggling with is how the potential government takeover of health care coupled with impending taxes will impact my company." The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model)
(10/28)
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- 5 strategies for garnering attention through news releases
Janet Meiners Thaeler, a search engine optimization specialist at OrangeSoda, suggests five ideas for writing a news release that will focus media attention on a small business: releasing research, making lists, contributing to a cause, acting on big news and finding odd facts that relate to your business. Small Business Trends
(10/26)
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- October Industry Indicators Report
The Industry Indicators Report is a statistical compilation of key variables that are released by a variety of business and economic sources every month. AAIA's market research department records this data, compares the new data with data from the same month of previous year, as well as with a given set of statistical parameters, and then identifies the impact to the business as favorable, unfavorable or indeterminate. This monthly report is designed to provide insight into some of the key indicators affecting the aftermarket industry and your business. The Industry Indicators Report is distributed monthly via e-mail to AAIA members. Click here to view this month's report.
- Congressional support growing for fair competition in auto repair industry
Five more members of Congress declared their support of the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act (H.R. 2057). Reps. Michael E. Capuano, D-Mass.; Christopher P. Carney, D-Pa.; Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y.; Michael K. Conaway, R-Texas; and Brad Miller, D-N.C., are the most recent co-sponsors of Right to Repair, which has gained steady support since its introduction. The bill now has 45 sponsors.
- Freight savings program now offers discounts with UPS Freight®
Your AAIA Freight Savings Program has just gotten better! The program now offers up to a 65 percent discount on qualifying LTL freight shipments with UPS Freight. If you are already enrolled in the freight program, call or e-mail Siriani & Associates to get a UPS Freight account or to link your existing account to the savings.
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