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Articlesby Denise RondiniJune 3, 2013

Independents Look to Service for Growth

Consolidation, more proprietary parts and increased competition are squeezing margins for those who sell heavy-duty truck parts. Industry experts are on the record saying that in the future, aftermarket parts distributors need to have service as part of their business if they want to remain profitable.

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NewsMarch 7, 2013

Interstate Batteries Senior VP Promoted

Interstate Batteries Senior Vice President Walt Holmes is adding the title of senior vice president for distributor operations and innovation team.

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NewsMarch 4, 2013

Record Supply in Wyoming Signs on with Vipar Heavy Duty

Record Supply Inc. in Gillette, Wyo. is the newest stockholder to join the Vipar Heavy Duty network of distributors.

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ArticlesFebruary 27, 2013

Are You Pursuing Best Practices, or 'Next Practices'?

A fundamental challenge to our industry is our historical over-reliance on each other for insight. We seem to celebrate regurgitating and repackaging what ‘everyone knows’, rather than challenging ourselves to think different.

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NewsFebruary 23, 2013

Inland Truck Parts Expands to Scottsbluff Location

Inland Truck Parts has now moved to a brand new, 37,000-square-foot facility in Scottsbluff, Neb.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 19, 2013

How to Use Outsourcing to Focus on What Makes Your Distributorship Unique

Do you think of outsourcing as something to be done because you simply can't get everything done you need to? If so, you may be missing an opportunity to think strategically and use outsourcing to help you focus on the "magic dust" that makes your business unique.

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NewsFebruary 12, 2013

Centennial Celebration at Six Robblees

Over the past 100 years, Six Robblees Inc. has grown from a small family business with three employees to a small family business with 165 employees and 18 locations across five states.

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Articlesby Denise RondiniFebruary 5, 2013

The Value Of Separation for HD Distributors

The airlines have started charging separately for everything from shipping your luggage to getting a better place in line. Maybe it's time for distributors to look at a similar "unbundling" strategy.

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NewsFebruary 5, 2013

Inland Truck Parts Combines Wichita Parts and Service Locations

Inland Truck Parts has consolidated its Wichita, Kan., operations in a new, custom-built location.

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NewsFebruary 4, 2013

HDA Truck Pride Adds Fleet Friction

HDA Truck Pride is continuing to grow by adding Fleet Friction. Fleet Friction is located in San Diego, Calif. Their management team includes: Owners Mike Buscher and Richard Harrigan and General Manager Craig Dawson.

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