March 31
How to build a technician pipeline with school programs
Service providers trying to fill open heavy-duty technician positions seems like it has a been a challenge since the beginning of time. Would anyone be surprised if an old cave painting […]
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August 24
Jumping into e-commerce with both feet
Earlier this month I wrote a feature about diving into e-commerce to sell more heavy-duty truck parts. One of the aftermarket distributors interviewed was Blaine Brothers. The distributor, along with its sister company […]
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August 6
Expanding your horizons: Sell more truck parts using e-commerce
The heavy-duty truck parts industry slowly has been warming up to e-commerce. It wasn’t long ago that parts providers feared Amazon was coming to siphon off sales and crash the business. Others in the […]
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July 9
Technician training in the digital age
How remote training options can keep fleet personnel up to date on the latest service and maintenance practices. Training is important to any job, including technicians servicing commercial vehicles. The […]
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July 2
Blaine Brothers named a top workplace
Blaine Brothers Group (Blaine Brothers, North American Trailer, Hydraulic Specialty Inc., TruckAline) has been named one of the Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. “Blaine Brothers biggest asset […]
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June 5
Pandemic strategy: Blaine Bros. drives further into ecommerce
In a Q&A report, Wendy Sorquist, director of marketing for truck parts distributor Blaine Brothers, discusses the company’s ecommerce plans and why it moved up the launch of its new […]
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