AAIA Town Hall Shifts Gears
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BETHESDA, MD - Aug. 3, 2006 - For the first time ever, the AAIA Town Hall will reach outside the aftermarket industry to showcase major corporate executives of Fortune 500 companies to share relevant successful strategies that are transferable to the aftermarket. The Town Hall, sponsored by NASCAR Performance, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 7 a.m. in the new Palazzo Ballroom in the Venetian Hotel. Individual tickets are $90 and tables of 10 are $750.
"As we listened to suggestions from our members and association volunteers about Town Hall, we kept hearing a call for a fresh approach, from non-aftermarket thought leaders to gain broader insight and solutions to challenges we can consider adopting," said Kathleen Schmatz, AAIA president and CEO. "One issue rose to the top of the list - people - the human asset - an issue shared by all industries and clearly throughout the aftermarket channel."
"The demographic reality for all industries including the aftermarket is the ethnic, gender and age trends that will determine dramatic changes in who our employees will be, how we attract them and how we keep them, but also, who the people are who will buy our products. We are talking with a few key corporate executives of highly successful companies to join us as panelists at this year's Town Hall."
Town Hall moderator Kathleen Schmatz will deliver a demographic reality check with new data, trends and projections, while engaging the expert panelists.
To purchase tickets, visit www.aftermarket.org and click on "AAPEX."
About AAIA: AAIA is a Bethesda, Md.-based association whose more than 8,000 member companies and affiliates manufacture, distribute and sell motor vehicle parts, accessories, service, tools, equipment, materials and supplies. Through its membership, AAIA represents more than 100,000 repair shops, parts stores and distribution outlets.