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Once upon a time, CSK Auto's wholesale arm, CSK Proshop, produced invoices the same way everyone else did: A multi-part order form was taken to the customer's doorstep, the customer [...]

Speed, accuracy and efficiency. These three characteristics of successful companies are certainly on the minds of most executives in today's aftermarket supply chain. They encompass both the rapidly evolving demands [...]

CHICAGO -- If you or your customers want to survive in today's cutthroat business climate, your data should comply with PIES and ACES. And while you're at it, make sure [...]

The phrase 'time is money' applies in a lot of situations, and it's particularly frustrating when you're wasting time looking for invoices to pass onto customers who may have lost [...]

How often do you change the labels on your store shelves? Think about all the plan-o-gram adjustments, bar code and SKU changes, or simple pricing issues. On-shelf label changes are [...]

'TAKE MY factories and my money, but leave me my salesmen, and I'll be back where I am today in two years,' said Andrew Carnegie. If you can't say this [...]

A tapeless single-stage masking paper is now being made available. A result of 4 years of R & D, T9 Products, Inc. has announced its newest masking paper products for [...]

A tapeless single-stage masking paper is now being made available. A result of four years of R & D, T9 Products, Inc. has announced its newest masking paper products for [...]

MIAMI -- Florida officials arrested two people who face up to 55 years in prison on multiple felony charges and are suspected of being ringleaders in organizing more than 70 [...]

Bartering has never been one of my strong suits. I remember years ago walking the streets of Acapulco, Mexico, coming across a vendor who had a blanket for sale. This [...]

Reduce the volume of masking paper and plastic by 95%. Compacts masking materials from as many as 50 cars before unloading is required. Bale weighs 40 lbs. * Most shops [...]

Both tags available in all 7 colors to suit your color matching needs. Match with our repair order jackets and/or vehicle control hats to help control keys with vehicle. Steel [...]

Kimberly-Clark introduces D2 paper towel, bathroom tissue and soap dispensers, which feature double-thick wall construction and ribbed reinforcement. The design is so strong the dispenser even holds up to the [...]

EPIC[TM] signage substrates from Kimberly-Clark Corp. do not require post processing for outdoor use when printed with pigment inks. All varieties of this media are treated with an inkjet-receptive coating [...]

TuffAll, a new low-lint, bonded cellulose towel from Horizon Industries, is strong enough to be re-used but economical enough to be thrown away. These cloth-like wipes come in 100-unit, pop-up [...]

Doesn't it seem like you just had to clean out that catalog rack? Remember how it took almost the whole day to do it? Are you tired of it being [...]

Plasti-Kote's new PROTECT[R] Premium All-Surface Camouflage Paint is an all purpose enamel, which provides a long-lasting, colorfast coating. This durable coating is available in green, khaki, brown and black flat-finish [...]

WD-40 HAS launched several SKUs associated with its acquisition of the Lava brand early in 1999. The SKUs include 16- and 32-ounce companions to the existing 7.5-ounce pump container of [...]

A&A Specialties offers a custom-style wing for the 1998-99 VW Beetle. Wings install with 3M automotive tape. They are pre-primed and ready to paint. Wings give a nostalgic Porsche-Carrera-style flair. [...]

Avery Denison Printer Products introduces a new data sheet that describes its line of TTX x50 printer/applicators. The units feature a one-step labeling process for printing and affixing up to [...]

Advance Lifts, Inc. presents the addition of the SW-L50-FRP Stretch Wrapper for automatic load wrapping. Features include a variable speed vertical feed dispenser, a variable speed turntable and a variable [...]

Fasteners For Retail presents its patented FoldoNoGoO Merchandising Strips that save time and money by simplifying the packaging and setup of carded merchandise. Products can be shipped pre-loaded on each [...]

Shareholders of Tenneco Inc. have agreed with the company's Board of Directors to spin off Tenneco Packaging and Tenneco Automotive into two stand- alone companies. The spin-off creates a packaging [...]

SCA Tissue already has earned a solid reputation in auto body repair shops with its high-quality Tork[TM] wipes and dispensers that ensure the right product for the task at hand. [...]

Kimberly-Clark Professional introduces KimTech Disposable Microfiber Cloths as part of a line of low-lint cleaning products. The soft, low-lint wipers leave no surface streaks or smears, according to the company. [...]

Kimberly-Clark offers the KLEENGUARD* G50 Mechanics Utility Glove for general purpose applications. The glove provides enhanced knuckle padding and full coverage for all fingers, and is less bulky and more [...]

SCA Tissue offers its Tork family of products and recently unveiled a global rebranding initiative. Under the Tork Revolution, all SCA Tissue products now bear the Tork name, a global [...]

Schreiner security labels are engineered to reveal their presence when removed, showing a message that can be wording, an illustration, a logo or a series of logos. Even if the [...]

Kimberly-Clark introduces its Krew(r) 550 shop towels, which are a durable, absorbent alternative to laundered rental shop towels and rags. Users get consistently clean and sized towels with no holes, [...]

The Technical Paper business of Neenah Paper has introduced Neenah Multi-Task Abrasive Backings for the less demanding applications throughout the global market. Multi-Task Backings can be easily coated by abrasives [...]

Environmentally-Friendly Packaging Replaces Plastic Long beach, CA--Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. is packaging its car electronics products in a recycled paper/paper pulp composition. The move to more environmentally-friendly packaging was made [...]

At least on paper, the idea makes perfect sense to them: To counter falling profit margins on new car sales, dealers should invest in other areas of their business like [...]

Have you started using your floor for filing space? Has the top of your desk gotten lost under piles of paper and to-do lists? Now is the time to get [...]

Problem: Easy marking tool for timing belts, bolts, distributors or anything else that need to be marked. Solution: Purchase a multipack of whiteout for paper from an office supply store. [...]

* The deadline to apply for a Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS) scholarship--awarded to students planning an aftermarket career--is March 31, 2004. Applications for scholarships are available in both paper [...]

The Garden of Speedin' Inc.'s 14 Parts Locating Guides are now available on CD-ROM. Like their paper counterparts, each disk contains listings of where to find parts and services for [...]

Eagle One introduces EverFresh, a high-tech-looking clip-on air freshener. The company says this product delivers consistent fragrance for up to 90 days (up to three times longer than traditional paper [...]

iStarSystems has issued the white paper 'Driving Profits in the Automotive Replacement Parts Industry Using Hosted Technology Solutions,' which can be downloaded from the company's Web site. Written by Jeff [...]

'WE STARTED ABOUT a year ago with a piece of paper with just one sentence on it,' said Ray Moore, senior vice president of operations and marketing at Restoration Auto [...]

* The non-profit organization HOPE Worldwide Limited, an international outreach program for inner city youth, recently received $155,404 from Discount Auto Parts. Selling paper candy canes during December and January, [...]

Clip Strip Corp. introduces its Grip Tite Banner Hanger to hold paper, photo prints, digital output, fabric banners and vinyl banners up to 1/8-inch thick safely and securely. The hanger [...]

It starts innocently. A customer compliments your competitor across town, who has invested in new fixtures and 'really spruced his place up.' Then, as you read the paper the next [...]

* Discount Auto Parts raised $138,505 for the Children's Miracle Network by selling paper cutouts of race cars for $1 each. The total surpassed last year's mark of $121,865. More [...]

E-Tech Products introduces E-Cubes, which provide protection for shipped merchandise. The cubes are constructed of recycled newsprint and office paper. They also feature a shape and texture that allows them [...]

Trion Industries offers its Flip Scan(r) scanning hooks that can accommodate paper or adhesive labels. The flip-up plastic facing is mounted on each hook and can be pivoted out of [...]

Plain paper shelf edge labeling can help retailers save millions of dollars in operating costs annually as well as improve a store's all- around operating efficiency. The savings, a result [...]

The fast-growing cosmetics retailer Perfumania won't settle for second best when it comes to price labeling. The chain tried several different plain paper labeling systems over the past few years. [...]

Easy to read and easy to scan, plain paper shelf edge labeling is extremely user-friendly. But not all systems are created equal. 'Look for a system where the label is [...]

The requirements of automotive masking have not changed since the first piece of tape and paper were applied: Cover and protect items or areas that are not supposed to be [...]

Ties between reps have traditionally been as flimsy as fax paper, but a new rep organization plans to change all that. During the week of February 10, a group of […]