Canadian Tire joins Federated Auto Parts Group

Canadian Tire is now a member in the Federated Auto Parts group, one of North America’s largest and leading auto parts distributors.

Effective July 9, 2014, the relationship is anticipated to provide tremendous benefits to both organizations including Canadian Tire’s robust customer and dealer network across Canada.

With more than 580 Canadian Tire retail and PartSource locations across Canada serving over 180 million customers a year, Canadian Tire’s family of companies remains amongst one of Canada’s most recognizable brands.

“At Canadian Tire, we’re continuously focused on providing excellent service – both to our customers and our network of vendors and partners across the country,” said Michael Broderick, senior vice president of automotive, Canadian Tire. “Federated shares our dedication and provides not only high quality parts and service, but additional support in critical areas such as training, information technology, market trends and supply chain efficiency.”

“Federated is extremely proud to be associated with a company that has demonstrated a long term commitment to outstanding product selection and service in the Canadian market,” said Rusty Bishop, CEO of Federated. “We look forward to supporting their efforts in the ever changing vehicle repair segment.”