Study Group: Automotive Aftermarket Distributors
Council Members in this Study Group: 741
This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as automotive manufacturing and dealerships, after market distribution, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, convenience stores, supermarkets, packaged goods manufacturing, department stores and discounters, jewelry and cosmetics, hotels and resorts, restaurants, casinos, and the travel industry, among others.
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Steve BoutwellDistrict Manager
POMP'S TIRE SERVICE, INC.
Steve Boutwell is a District Manager at Pomp's Tire Service in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he has worked since 1988. Pomp's is a tire retailer and auto service provider in about 80 service centers, and is one of the largest independent commercial tire dealers in the US. Mr. Boutwell oversees 23 retail...
- Kent Childs
President
Pack 2000, Inc.Kent Childs is the President of Pack 2000, an automotive repair company where he has worked since November 1991. Mr. Childs also owns and operates Midas Auto Service shops with 19 locations throughout the Northeast and Midwest. Midas is a full service auto repair company. He has owned a total of 32...
- Tom Thomas
President/Sales Manager
Tomco Enterprises IncTom Thomas is the President of Tomco Enterprises, where he serves as an independent sales manager for a tire distributor in Kansas City, Missouri. In May 2005, he left Cooper Tire & Rubber Company after 34 years with the company, where his last position was that of Regional Sales Manager for the Mid-West...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts (?)
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The Internal Combustion Engine Is Not Yet Dead - Scuderi Split Cycle coming
February 3, 2009
James Hansen’s Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic - Says Hansen ‘Embarrassed NASA’, ‘Was Never Muzzled’, & Models ‘Useless’ | wattsupwiththat.com
With global warming getting more than a bit fuzzy, are vehicle and engine manufacturers really ready to ditch the internal combustion engine? Is there an evolutionary step in the internal combustion engine that will see us through the next 20 -25 years? If such an engine could be made without any...
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How to maintain the perefect shine
September 11, 2008
Peregrim's Perfect Shine | www.carwash.com
Maintaining the perfect shine is easy keep up on the cleaning of your vehicle.
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A new idea or fifty years too late?
August 27, 2007
Mulally: Ford to use global platforms for small, mid-sized cars | www.autonews.com
The news that Ford intends to use a global platform to attempt to recover lost ground is hardly groundbreaking, isn't that what VAG, Toyota and many other 'world' car manufacturers have been doing for years, after all wasn't the original VW Beetle a world car in that it sold across the globe from one...
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Q.C.-FORGET ABOUT HE CHINESE GOVERNMENT! IT IS UP TO THE IMPORTER.
July 12, 2007
China Finds Poor Quality on Its Store Shelves | www.nytimes.com
AFTER THIRTY FIVE YEARS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PRODUCTS AND DOLLARS OF IMPORTING EXERIENCE, YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT HE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IMPROVING QUALITY CONTROL. IN A SOCIETY THAT AFTER 20 YEARS HAS MADE LITTLE OR NO PROGRESS IN PROTECTING U.S. INTELECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, HOW DO YOU...
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FACTORS FOR EARLY BATTERY DEATH
March 16, 2007
Why Car Batteries are Dying Young? | online.wsj.com
The early death of batteries causes: Unprofitable situations for retailer, wholesalers and manufactures Poor customer relations for the product and store/installer Unacceptable down time and expense for the motorist in today's...
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- After Market Parts Distributor
- After Market Retailer
- After Market Service Centers
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Director
- Sales Manager
- Chief Executive Officer
- Owner
- Store Manager
- President
- Customer Service Manager