Issue 14 | December 22 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

National Pulse

Weekly Repair Order (RO) activity began a gradual decline in late September. The decline in RO appears to have begun concurrently with the onset of the most recent surge in Covid-19 infections. RO had recovered almost completely by early September when it was down only 2-3% versus 2019. In the last week of November RO was down 10% and appears to be trending lower. Certainly there are other impactful variables to consider, mostly economic and perhaps also political given the timing of the 2020 election. Hopefully the approval and distribution of vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna in December will help reverse the trend. Congressional approval of another stimulus package may also contribute.

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Issue 12 | July 21 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

National Pulse

For the week of July 12, national RO was down -6% again, just 1% better than our forecast of -7%, again. Covid-19 cases are still surging this week at 465k (+15% versus the previous week). Our RO forecast for next week remains -7% versus 2019.

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Issue 11 | July 14 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

National Pulse

For the week of July 5, national RO was down -6%, just 1% better than our forecast of -7%. Covid-19 cases are up sharply again this week at 406k (+23% versus the previous week). Our RO forecast for next week is steady at -7% versus 2019.

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Issue 10 | July 07 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

National Pulse

For the week of June 28, national RO was down -7%, just 1% better than our forecast of -8%. Covid-19 exploded in the US with 329k new cases last week, up +29% versus the previous week. Our RO forecast for next week is -7% versus 2019.

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Issue 9 | June 30 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

National Pulse

For the week of June 21, national RO was down -8% falling short of our forecast (-4%) by -4%. New Covid-19 cases last week set a new record at over 250k and likely contributed to the drop in RO activity. Our forecast for next week is -8% versus 2019.

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Issue 8 | June 23 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

National Pulse

For the week of June 7, national RO was down only -5% beating our forecast (-8%) by 3%. The week of June 14 dropped back to -6%. New Covid-19 cases jumped up over 180k for the first time since April. Our forecast for next week is -4% versus 2019.

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Issue 7 | June 17 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

Market Pulse History

This week we don’t have the weekly RO data available to report national and market level numbers or to evaluate previous forecasts and present new forecasts. We will return to the regular RO data reporting and forecasting next week. Thank you for your patience. 

In the meantime, we’re providing 2020 historical data for each of the 20 markets we track. This was requested by one of our readers and hopefully it will be useful to many of you. Feel free to send content suggestions like this anytime to justin.holman@aftermarketanalytics.com.  

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Issue 6 | June 09 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

National Pulse

Despite ongoing civil unrest across the US, National RO was down only -9% beating our forecast (-11%) by 2%. New Covid-19 cases stayed below 150k for the third week in a row but moved up slightly from the week prior. Our forecast for next week is -8% versus 2019.

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Issue 5 | June 1 2020

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The Pulse of the Aftermarket 

A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle Technologies
Written by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics

National Pulse

Despite the Memorial Day holiday and protests erupting nationwide, National RO was down only -10% beating our forecast (-11%) by a nose. New Covid-19 cases stayed below 150k for the second week in a row. Our forecast for next week is -11% versus 2019.

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