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COVER STORY The NAPA AutoCare Program is geared up for the Spring. Now, it's tirrie to make sure you and your NAPA AutoCare Centers are too. There are seven AutoCare systems and each offers special pro motions to bring consumers into your traditional dealers' place of business. See how. Page 6 UH.feATIVfcLY Newer and less expensive hats are now available to pro mote your NAPA AUTO PARTS store and your NAPA AutoCare Centers. Additional ly, 13 NAPA Manufacturers have been inducted into the NAPA 95% Club and NAPA Small Engine Parts has de veloped a new lawn and garden display. In Creative Selling. Page 12 ryrs i c? $ pJMI mu-' iftkt If?. if. NAPA hasn't forgotten about the ever increasing retail mar ket. It'stoogood ofan opportuni ty to miss out on. So, for 1988 there are five Price/Product Pro motions designed especially to < :: ; :! -$;s ',v> ' i!.t--ypcyA fv ?! ">>? : / Last November, NAPA ex panded its product selection with the National Consumer Brands Line. NAPA Executive Vice President Terry White ex plains the importance this line can have on your advertising and store traffic as well as how NAPA Oil and Chemicals (Mac's) is working to assist you in building profits. Turn to Viewpoint. Page 10 G^,$, CLINICS AND SHOCKS The legislation on the 10 year/100,000 mile warranty issue is still pending. So, write or call your Senators. It can really make the difference. So can a new technical clinic for your customers -- the ABS Clinic from NAPA Brakes. And, NAPA Shocks adds the Strut Boot Kit to its line. Once again, NAPA is keeping you One Step Ahead. Page 18 boost that do-it-yourselfer group. Product specials, tar geted advertising, point-ofpurchase materials. You name it, you've got it. Page 8 Ilf 8 15 :! v^c!' .*: : % 4 1 fI A year ago January, NAPA entered into a national ac counts program with Midas In ternational. Over the course of 14 months, the test program has been put into action and in troduced to 1,650 Midas loca tions nationwide. What occur red to get NAPA and Midas in a joint program and where is it headed in the future? Find out. Page 6 n-t: i t> In fact, the right to know has become law. The High Risk Occupational Disease Notifica tion and Prevention Act to be exact. And, if your employees or your customers' employees are handling certain products, it could affect your business. Another coming trend. Page 16 5 sfiy'iv- li'TfjC Balkamp................. Martin-Senour .... MEG....................... NAPA Antifreeze.. NAPA Bearings ... NAPA Echlin......... NAPA Mac's........... .. Page 24 ... Page 4 ..Page 19 . .Page 17 ... Page 9 .. Page 22 ... Page 2 Vol. 21 No. 2 March, 1988 Kathy Randall Editor & Communications Manager Elizabeth Wong Assistant Editor & Communications Coordinator Published periodically in the in terest of NAPA AUTO PARTS stores, Distribution Centers and Manufacturers across the nation. When notifying us of a change of address, please mention NAPA OUTLOOK and give us the old address and zip code. Litho in U.S.A. NAPA HEADQUARTERS 2999 Circle 75 Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30339 1988 National Automotive Parts Association No part of this publication may be reprinted without theexpressed permission of the Na tional Automotive Parts Association. NAPA Mufflers & Shocks................... . . Page 20 NAPA Small Engine Parts........ .. Page 11 NAPAU-Joints........ .. Page 13 NAPA United.......... ... Page 7 NAPA Windshields . ..Page 15 Parts Craft.............. .. Page 23