Onthe Road with Quebec auto parts retailer Group Dorval-Sources-St-Henri raised $73,000 in their annual Hope & Cope Foundation Walk-a-thon last year. Co-owners Alex Trichas, Andre Dimopoulos, Chris Dimopoulos, and Nick Dimopoulos donated the funds to The Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. This is the 12th year for the walk-a-thon, which has now raised over $700,000.
SureWerx received Uni-Select’s top supplier award – the Diamond Award – for outstanding quality products and service at the parts distributor’s annual Canadian Suppliers Award ceremony. Brent Windom, president and CEO of Uni-Select Inc., said SureWerx was celebrated for the unparalleled quality of its sales tools, fill rate, lead time, inventory management and service, such as training, tech and manpower support. Other recipients were: Blue Streak-Hygrade Motor Products, Tenneco (now known as DRiV), Dorman Products, BBB Industries, PPG Canada, and NOCO.
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Chris Chesney, senior director of customer training for Advance Auto Parts, was one of several guest speakers at the annual symposium of the Automotive Aftermarket Retailers of Ontario in January. The event included a Repair It Right strategy meeting and a trade show.
Automotive Parts Distributors held its first trade show since 2013 at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon late last year, drawing attendees from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, and as far away as Quebec. The show was held a day after a successful business management course run by APD’s training division, featuring management consultant Bob Greenwood.
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