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Re: Could someone explain this 'Economic slowdown' to me?
Posted to Shop Management Forum on 1/17/2003

Hi Tom,

As I've posted before, over the past 2 years our car sales dropped 35%, while our service department grew 24%. That's a strong sign of recession as people fix the old instead of buying new.

For me, that's OK. Growth in service is more profitable by... Login to read more.