Automotive aftermarket: OEM parts online sales growth amid Covid-19 2020

In North America, weekly online sales of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts following the Covid-19 outbreak at the beginning of March 2020 nose-dived in the following weeks, falling by 39 percent by the week beginning March 22, 2020. Sales promptly started to increase steadily following this period (albeit with some fluctuations), and from April 12, 2020, sales figures surpassed those from March 1 of the same year. The week commencing May 10, 2020 saw the highest sales increase of approximately 32 percent in comparison with figures two months prior.

在美国北部地区，自2020年3月初新冠疫情爆发后，原设备制造商（OEM）零部件的在线周销售额在随后几周急剧下滑，至2020年3月22日当周，销售额下降了39%。在此之后，销售额迅速且稳定地回升，尽管期间有所波动。自2020年4月12日起，销售额已超过同年3月1日的水平。2020年5月10日开始的这一周，销售额较两个月前增长了约32%，创下新高。