Parts Brand Research

September 27, 2022

The Importance of Private Label and National Branded Parts at Independent Auto Repair Shops (2022 Update)

IMR recently spoke with the person most responsible for making parts purchasing decisions at 500 independent automotive repair shops. Our focus was to understand their use and perceptions of private …

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September 7, 2022

2022 Update: Private Label/Store Brand Parts Purchasing by Independent Auto Repair Shops

In July 2022, we spoke with 500 independent automotive repair shops about their purchase frequency and use of private label brands as well as the reasons why they use private …

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August 30, 2021

E-Commerce Purchasing Behavior at Independent Auto Repair Shops

In July 2021, IMR interviewed 500 independent automotive repair shops, nationally representative by location in the U.S., to get insights into their use of publicly available websites for parts purchasing …

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March 1, 2021

The Importance of Private Label and National Branded Parts at Independent Auto Repair Shops

IMR recently spoke with the person most responsible for making parts purchasing decisions at 500 independent automotive repair shops. Our focus was to understand their use and perceptions of private …

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February 26, 2021

Update: Private Label/Store Brand Parts Purchasing by Independent Auto Repair Shops

In January 2021, we spoke with 500 independent automotive repair shops about their purchase frequency and use of private label brands. IMR started asking these questions in 2018 (Auto Repair …

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December 10, 2020

2020 EOY Independent Automotive Repair Shop Health & Part Delivery Disruption Update

As of December 2020, ninety-one percent of independent automotive repair shops reported a decrease in revenue this year.  18.5% of shops report they have returned to ‘normal’ revenue levels while 1.3% …

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August 27, 2020

Private Label/Store Brand Parts Purchasing by Independent Auto Repair Shops

Over the past two years, independent automotive repair shops have reported that they’ve increased their purchases of private label/store brand parts.  In 2018, (Auto Repair Shop Private-Label/Store-Brand Part Purchasing Study) …

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October 10, 2018

Independent Auto Repair Shop Private Label/Store Brand Purchasing

Independent auto repair shop’s purchasing of private-label/store-brand parts is on the rise.  Almost 2/3rds of shops plan on increasing their purchases over the next two year which is driven by …

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June 12, 2018

How Repair Shops are Investing in their Future

We asked General Automotive Repair Shops what investments they were making in their shops.  The majority of those shops are making investments in their business to improve or maintain their …

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