Parts Pro is a marketing division of Automotive Accessories Marketing, U.S.A., Inc. (The AAM Group), owned by a group of warehouse distributors (WD's) from the United States and Canada, specializing in automotive performance and accessory products. The AAM Group is headquartered in Johnson City, TN, 10 miles from the Bristol Motor Speedway. Parts Pro is the acknowledged leader in international high performance parts programmed distribution and is the fastest growing organization of its type in North America. In addition to Parts Pro, our organization operates the Total Truck Centers program for truck and SUV accessories (www.totaltruckcenters.com). Our member WD's have selected over 500 independently owned performance and accessory retailers to operate as Parts Pro Performance Centers and provide product knowledge and the best quality parts and accessories either directly from their inventories or next day from their distribution center. No other distribution process can deliver its customers the proper parts more quickly.

The technical name for this type of organization is "Programmed Distribution." It is similar to a cooperative, owned by the warehouse distributors. The goal is to enhance the purchasing power of each member warehouse, and to share certain operating expenses, to better their competitive position in its marketing area. The savings are passed on to the local independent retailers (Parts Pro Performance Centers), which improves their competitive position. Parts Pro is dedicated to making local brick and mortar retail businesses viable and profitable. To that end we provide special pricing, data and marketing information, and other information and tools exclusively to our affiliated stores. Parts Pro also creates a full complement of marketing materials that are designed to identify our retailers with performance products and expose store shoppers to a broad, high quality product mix at very competitive prices.

Warehouse distributors serve as a step between a product's manufacturer and the retail store. This is the system that is used by the majority of retailing markets. The WD stores large quanities of inventory from the manufacturer and then distributes that inventory across a geographic region to its retailers and customers as needed. The WD provides products and services to the retailers in a region much more efficiently than could manufacturers, so they rely on a regional network of warehouses to assure its products are available to retailer's store. The WD's job is to make sure there are adequate quantities on the shelves and new inventories arrive in a timely manner. Distributors work to service the manufacturers and the retailers, plus gain new retail customers. They must provide the retail customer with the right parts and deliver them on time with a competitive price. By purchasing products as a larger group, members of a programmed distribution group can acquire better terms and pass those advantages on to their affiliated retailers. The WD members of a programmed distribution group can also gain added savings by sharing many costs (and inventories) that in turn provide competitive advantages to the local affiliate retailers.

Today, the AAM Group includes 19 member warehouse distributors participating in the Parts Pro program with market coverage including the United States and Canada. Ten AAM members are involved in the Total Truck Centers marketing program (www.totaltruckcenters.com).

As a part of the services to its members and the affiliated retailers, Parts Pro offers a broad line of premium quality Promotive products. The line is very attractive to the price-conscious enthusiast. Not only are Promotive products price-friendly, Parts Pro verifies that they meet or exceed your quality expectations. Every part is made for Parts Pro by a leading manufacturer, and is made to our high standards.