Auto Collision and Bodyshop Business News
Recruiting for Your Body Shop: Getting the Talent You Want

Businesses today need to be laser-focused on their recruiting practices and constantly refining them to get the kind of employees they want.

OSHA’s Top 10 Safety Violations for 2021

When OSHA inspects workplaces around the country, it keeps data on violations found and tracks the most frequently cited standards. Here are the top violations in 2021.

Pricing & Inflation: Will You Be the Eagle or the Ostrich?

This is not a time to stick your head in the sand and wait until COVID and its effects are gone. That may never happen. This is the time for the brave to take flight.

M&A and Collision: An Opportunity of a Lifetime

An atmosphere of competition, plenty of buyers and the ability to align with a like-minded partner and getting an equitable price has made it an opportune time to sell.

Video: A Necessary Marketing Tool for Auto Body Shops Today

Video is quickly becoming a necessity for all organizations that want to remain relevant.

Auto Body Shop Succession Planning: Having a Vision

Creating a solid succession plan helps collision shop owners align their families and businesses for generational wealth.

OEM Training, Tech Compensation and the Tech Shortage

Where do you see the industry heading as far as OEM training is concerned, especially with all the consolidation going on?

Why Haven’t We Seen a Major Increase in Labor Rates Yet?

Between the nationwide tech shortage, parts shortage, the large amount of people wrecking their vehicles and inflation through the roof, why haven’t we seen a major increase in labor rates yet?

Reader’s Choice 2022: Auto Body Consolidation

How do you see the consolidation landscape moving forward, factoring in the aging baby boomer generation, shop owners getting near retirement, the impact of COVID and the rise of corporate-sponsored body shops?

Proper Collision Repairs: Weeding Through the Fakery

With so much fakery out there — fake news, deepfakes, fake profiles — is our filter getting better at determining what is real and what isn’t?

Auto Body Profit: The Squeeze is On

With the ever-changing collision business and inflationary increases, it is more important than ever for you to understand what drives profitability.

Auto Body Repair: The Cost of Doing Business

Accepting the payor’s explanation that a service you provide is “the cost of doing business” just may become the cost of you going out of business!