ELK GROVE, Calif., Oct. 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALLDATA LLC, the leading provider of manufacturers' vehicle repair information and solutions for the professional automotive service and collision repair industries, has announced that its ALLDATA® MarketSM is now available to collision repair shops. ALLDATA MarketSM can provide collision repair shops an Internet presence and help improve their marketing efforts.
"ALLDATA Market gives a shop visibility they didn't have before," said Dan Espersen, ALLDATA's Senior Collision Program Manager. "With an online presence and the listing in our 'Find-A-Shop' directory, customers can find a collision shop easily when they need one, perhaps even while on the side of the road."
ALLDATA Market offers advanced features that help shops successfully compete in today's economic climate:
- Fully hosted shop website with content provided by ALLDATA
- Personalized customer pages with service histories
- Automated newsletters on the customer's behalf
- Find-A-Shop – national directory listing making it easy for customers to find a local shop
- Online appointment scheduling (integrated with ALLDATA Manage)
"Mechanical shops have benefited from ALLDATA Market for years," said Espersen. "Now collision repair shops can have a website and level the playing field with a tool that makes it easy to be found by a customer and keep customers coming back by staying top of mind."
About ALLDATA
ALLDATA, founded in 1986, with more than 80,000 automotive repair and collision shop subscribers, is the leading provider of manufacturers' service and repair information, shop management software and customer relations tools for the automotive repair and collision industries. Professional automotive repair shops across North America depend on ALLDATA for their automotive repair information needs and to purchase parts from more than 2,200 AutoZone Commercial program locations.
ALLDATA® CollisionSM S3500 is the single source of OEM collision repair information delivering unedited and regularly updated information for structural repairs, mechanical and diagnostic information. ALLDATA® MarketSM is a web-based shop marketing tool that enables a Web presence and brings in new and repeat business. For more information, visit www.alldata.com or call 800.697.2533.
About AutoZone:
As of August 27, 2011, AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) sells auto and light truck parts, chemicals and accessories through 4,534 AutoZone stores in 48 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and 279 stores in Mexico. AutoZone is the leading retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. Each store carries an extensive product line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, and non-automotive products. Many stores also have a commercial sales program that provides commercial credit and prompt delivery of parts and other products to local, regional and national repair garages, dealers, service stations, and public sector accounts. AutoZone also sells the ALLDATA brand diagnostic and repair software through www.alldata.com. Additionally, we sell automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, non-automotive products and subscriptions to the ALLDATAdiy product through www.autozone.com, and our commercial customers can make purchases through www.autozonepro.com. AutoZone does not derive revenue from automotive repair or installation.