Uni-Select announces two new branch openings overseas
By CRM Staff Boucherville, Quebec — February 16, 2018 — Uni-Select has announced the opening of two new branches in the U.K., under its subsidiary Parts Alliance. This comes in addition to the previous expansions last year to Midsomer Norton and Southampton. The Croydon location opened in January, extending the company’s ability to […]
Tuesday Ticker: Bank of Canada hikes interest rates, Uni-Select releases earnings estimates
Toronto, Ontario — January 23, 2018 — In this week’s Tuesday Ticker, the BofC hikes rates, Uni-Select earnings estimates, Fenix Parts charts new course, and much, much more! The Bank of Canada (BOC) announced its latest interest rate hike this past week. The Canadian central bank raised rates a quarter point, the third time it […]
FinishMaster Canada targets Manitoba with acquisition of Spectrum Coatings
By Tom Davis Boucherville, Québec — December 19, 2017 — FinishMaster Canada has announced the acquisition of Manitoba-based Spectrum Coatings. The company hopes the deal will help expand its market share across the province. “This is an entirley new market for FinishMaster Canada, and we are very enthusiastic to have 17 new colleagues,” Michel Charbonneau, […]
FinishMaster celebrates its first year in Canada at inaugural Ottawa shop
By Alex Dugas Ottawa, Ontario — November 30, 2017 — Turning one year old is always a cause for celebration. FinishMaster entered the Canadian market one year ago with its inaugural shop in Ottawa, Ontario. The shop, managed by Nicole Constantineau, has enjoyed months of successful implementation, which was recently celebrated in style at the ‘Les […]
Tuesday Ticker: PPG shares jump 20% in price; Investigation ongoing at AkzoNobel fire site
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 21, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker: Analysts survey the alternative parts market, regulators probe the cause of the AkzoNobel fire in Saskatchewan, Uni-Select management discusses strategy, and much, much more! Market prognosticators are worrying about a new “tone” in stock markets. In recent weeks early rallies have […]
Tuesday Ticker: Boyd sales surge 13.5 percent; merger talks between Axalta and AkzoNobel continue
Toronto, Ontario — November 14th, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker: Boyd announces bump in sales, AutoCanada enjoys strong growth in the west and new service bays, Uni-Select announces strong performance in its Canadian operations, and much, much more! Boyd Boyd this week reported financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2017. Some […]
Tuesday Ticker: Axalta and AkzoNobel talk merger
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 31, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker: AkzoNobel and Axalta talk merger, Boyd’s good story, rising palladium prices, and much, much more! -Markets continue to trade near record highs. Monday the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record levels as earnings from tech companies continued to come in […]
Tuesday Ticker: Uni-Select buys Dash Distributors
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 25, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker looks at acquisitions for both Uni-Select and GPC, AkzoNobel shakes up the C-suite, analysts upgrade AutoCanada estimates and much, much more! Uni-Select Quebec-based distributor Uni-Select continues to expand. This past week the publicly-traded company announced that its subsidiary Bumper to Bumper […]
Tuesday Ticker: Boyd Group shares rose in value by 520 percent over the last five years
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 4, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker brings us news on Boyd’s amazing 10-year return number, surprisingly big growth in Canadian GDP, analysts increase estimates on Uni-Select’s earnings and much, much more! – Canadian economic analysts were surprised, and in a good way, when the latest […]
Tuesday Ticker: Disruption continues to impact retail auto parts stores
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 17, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker looks into the continuing nosedive at retail auto parts stores, the car sales boom in Saskatchewan, what associations have to say about possible NAFTA renegotiations and much, much more! Uni-Select Research analysts at National Bank Financial have reduced their estimates for […]
