Data released by Jim Lang, president of Lang Marketing, details the aftermarket impact of younger Americans often shunning driving these days.

Jim Lang, president of Lang Market, discusses what independent shop owners need to do in order to stay relevant.

Service bay trends linked to the foreign nameplate aftermarket, according to the recent Lang Aftermarket iReport.

Jim Lang, industry analyst and president of Lang Marketing, sat down with Ratchet+Wrench to further discuss his latest Lang Aftermarket iReport.

While the number of general service stations and bays are going down, Jim Lang, president of Lang Marketing, said shops are making up for it by being much more productive than they have been in the past.

While general repair shops have achieved marginal growth in the past six years, repair specialists are thriving. That’s because repair specialists have have an ability to focus activity on certain types of repairs, Jim Lang said, and can advertise those repairs both on a local and a regional, city wide basis.

The rapidly increasing foreign nameplate vehicle aftermarket has become a battleground in which the five major groups of brands are competing fiercely.