Category Archives: E-tailing

Time to get serious on ‘little things’

Sorry for the long lapse in posting here and on the CQCHANGE blog … so lets look at little things and see why they are IMPORTANT. For many years now the e-cat people ( whom are really hard working and … Continue reading

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Standardize Part Type for E-Cat … why is it important ???

Here is a e-mail we just sent ..this is important and we have been fighting for this FOR YEARS now … and not making much headway … but …we know it is super important and will keep up the fight… … Continue reading

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How BIG is too big … in DFIU Importing

WE have a line in Canada called BSL for Cross Canada body panels – CARQUEST Canada has stopped supporting this data — but we still sell body panels and need up-to-date data … so we get the data file from … Continue reading

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Variable Pricing …finally …. and ????

After years and years  of pleading with CARQUEST to adopt variable pricing on select lines ( heck ..everything … ? ) we finally have the tools to do in with the recent Exploris update.   Amazing that the push to … Continue reading

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Clean – vs – Cluttered …e-cat display

This specific tip is for Canadian Jobbers … but the idea is the same.  Don’t have E-Cat displays that are cluttered with junk.  In this case we got ‘the powers to be’ to move the dual terminal batteries from PN … Continue reading

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Pro Rewards with bug in Math ?? (with updates)

We are trying very hard to learn the new Pro Rewards program for our best customer.  Being a Cdn has an additional layer of fog attached to the info we receive.  Anyways we now find out from the B2B ( … Continue reading

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CLEAN UP E-Cat display ….

For a while we have been frustrated … when a part changes from one line code to another …. so long as ANY ONE STORE in our DC Group has it … the old part shows in the rectangular box … Continue reading

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How to Make INTERCHANGE Work Better

Here is a great suggestion that Ryan recently wrote up and sent to catalogPRS(at)CARQUEST(dot)com …. We need someway to FILTER interchanges –so we can ONLY see the interchange data for a specific vendor …in this case FleetGuard …  se we … Continue reading

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OK –One More Christmas Wish

To make E-Cat and especially Customers looking up their own parts … we need to have the Product Guys ( especially in Toronto ) to understand that the OLD WAY won’t work. Before if they wanted to reduce duplication they … Continue reading

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Christmas Wish to FIX and IMPROVE E-Cat

Boy …if I had a few  Christmas wishes to Fix & Improve E-Cat … one would be … to get the Product Managers ( especially in Toronto ) to understand the roll they play in helping us UNCLUTTER the listings. … Continue reading

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