The Evolution of the Auto Parts Industry with E. Fletcher Lord, Jr.

This week on the Be Epic Podcast Matt sits down with E. Fletcher Lord, Jr., Chairman of the Board for Bumper-to-Bumper/Crow Burlingame Company and 2023 inductee to the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. During the episode, they discuss the history of the company that Fletcher’s grandfather founded with J.G. Burlingame in 1919 along with their growth across a 12 state market area. The company started in Little Rock, Arkansas and continued expanding across the state and then to neighboring states even through the Great Depression and World War Two. They wrap up their discussion with a focus on the technological evolution of the automobile industry including their company focus now on data just as much as auto parts.