Driven Brands’ All-in-One Auto Care Center Set to Open in South Carolina
Driven Brands, Inc. – the parent company to six franchised automotive brands including Meineke Car Care Centers, Inc., Maaco Franchising, Inc. and Econo Lube N’ Tune – will open its first all-in-one auto care center called Car Pros Plaza on May 15 in Summerville, S.C. It will contain a Meineke, Maaco and Econo Lube N’
Caliber Collision Centers Continues Support for Faith for Soldiers with $5,000 Donation
Caliber Collision Centers, which operates collision repair facilities in California and Texas, announced its continued support for the Faith for Soldiers active military service non-profit organization with a $5,000 donation provided to founders Sgt. 1st Class Terry Mason and his wife, Tina, at the Caliber Collision Center in Killeen, Texas. Faith for Soldiers was founded
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus Network Adds New Estimating Contributor Program
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus Network is now affiliated with VehicleOwnersGuide.com, an online provider of blueprint documents that helps collision repair shops identify any missed revenues. Its unique estimating analysis tool, EstimateScrubber.com, can be used in the repair planning process to prompt estimators to include commonly omitted items and better identify the repair cost associated with
Three Auto Repair Facilities Receive CCAR’s ‘GreenLink Shop’ Recognition for April
The Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair (CCAR) has recognized three more facilities as GreenLink Shops in April. The GreenLink Shop status, an extension of CCAR’s CCAR-GreenLink Environmental Compliance Assistance Center and S/P2 Safety and Pollution Prevention E-learning Program, is designed to promote consumer confidence in local automotive repair facilities’ environmental/safety awareness and stewardship. The new
Over 1 Million Estimates Written with CCC ONE ESTIMATING
The number of estimates being written via CCC ONE Estimating reached a milestone in mid-April, surpassing the 1 million mark. And since CCC migrated its first customer in September of 2009, the work and input of the shops has played an integral part in the success and development of the platform, according to the company.
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus Network Announces Safe Driving Affiliation with Collision Guard
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announced that its A-Plus Network members will be among the first collision repair facilities to join the Collision Guard online safe driving community. Collisionguard.com posts collision repair facility profiles and provides monthly e-coupons to members, thus creating consumer traffic at its affiliated body shops while spreading the word about safe driving. Collision
Factory Five Racing Names Collision Quest Exclusive Painting Consultant for Factory Five Customers
The world’s largest kit car manufacturer, Factory Five Racing, Inc. of Wareham, Mass., has entered into an agreement with Collision Quest, of Boston, Mass., in which Collision Quest will become the exclusive collision repair and painting consultant to both new and existing Factory Five customers. "Because our cars are built by their owners, there’s a
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Hungry 6-Year-Old Motors in Mom’s Van for the Munchies
There’s getting the "munchies," and then there’s what a 6-year-old Oregon boy who can’t come close to seeing over the steering wheel decided to do when hunger pangs got the best of him: pilfer his mom’s minivan to go on a snack run. You can probably guess the outcome of this starving squirt’s expedition. According
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes’ A-Plus Network Launches First Vision Group in Canada
The Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus Network is an exclusive group of collision repair facilities that reflect the industry’s highest standards. These collision repair facilities are part of Sherwin-Williams’ value-added program that combines comprehensive business solutions to help the facilities improve customer service, employee growth, insurance relationships, process refinement, productivity and profitability. Recently, the company held
STRANGE BUT TRUE: State Farm to Open Retail Storefront in Chicago
According to a report from the Associated Press, State Farm plans to open a retail store in Chicago this summer – but it won’t be hocking shirts or furniture or any other kind of retail goods. The largest property casualty insurer in the U.S. says it’s going to use the location in the Windy City’s