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Prepared for Patrick | Delivered May 7, 2020
Automotive Parts
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Goals
To gain an understanding of how COVID-19 has impacted the automotive parts space in the U. S. , including buyers journey, demographics, and market size.
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Early Findings
The key impact of COVID to the US automotive parts space is that it has caused
supply chain issues.
The US imports the
majority of its auto parts
from Mexico, Canada, and China, and supply chains have been disrupted between these countries. Specifically the disruption between the US and China has caused lack of access to parts.
Total auto parts imports from China to the US total over
$155 billion.
Quarantine measures
in the US are also impacting the ability of dealers, service stations and parts shops to have enough parts in stock.
Online purchases
of auto parts have however seen a surge, as retailer websites and manufacturers have a higher demand for direct to consumer sales.
Online revenue for auto parts, including retailer and manufacturer sales, increased 67% compared to the
first week of March.
However, the
decline in vehicle miles traveled
due to social distancing may have a long term impact on the automotive aftermarket space.
However automotive parts tend to be
more resilient during economic hardship
than the automotive industry as a whole.
During
the recession of 2009,
when sales for new cars dropped 42% and used cars 20%, the aftermarket only declined by 1%.
However, COVID
includes five additional factors
; a decrease in need for vehicle maintenance, few collisions, lower retail traffic, increase in e-commerce, and lower public transport use, all which will likely further impact the auto parts space.
Potential positive impacts
include declining used-car prices and government stimulus package impacts.
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