2021 BSB Year in Review: Top News Stories (VIDEO)
Jason Stahl and Nadine Battah count down the top news stories of 2021.
CARSTAR Fred Beans of Mechanicsburg Earns Honor from Nationwide
CARSTAR Fred Beans of Mechanicsburg, Pa., has earned the Nationwide Showmanship of Excellence award for 2018 for its customer service, community involvement and high-quality repairs.
AkzoNobel Shows Off High-Performance Coatings at 2014 SEMA Show
Sikkens, Lesonal and Wanda brands displayed 2014 SRT Viper, 2014 C7 Corvette and 1954 Custom Chevy Pro Touring Pickup.
Pro-Customer Advertising: Don’t Be Afraid
Center your advertising around the “pro-customer” concept and you’ll stand out from other shops. Why? Because nobody – absolutely nobody – is going to
follow you.
Antitrust, Lawsuits, Labor Rates and More Discussed at Northeast Forum
Representatives of various state associations met at the Meadowlands Exposition Center on March 18 in Secaucus, New Jersey to update the collision repair industry on various legal and legislative goings-on in their respective states. California I-CAR Southwest Regional Manager Gene Lopez talked about how OSHA is cracking down on shops in the Golden State. In
Airbag Fraud, Aftermarket Parts Debated at NCOIL Meeting
Model legislation concerning airbag fraud and the use of aftermarket parts was debated by members of the collision repair, insurance and aftermarket parts industries at a recent National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Property-Casualty (P-C) Committee meeting in Philadelphia. The model legislation was debated for nearly two hours at the meeting, with an emphasis on
ABAC and CCRE Collecting Donations for Coccaro
The Auto Body Association of Connecticut (ABAC) and the Coalition of Collision Repair Excellence (CCRE) are taking up donations to help Greg Coccaro of North State Custom in Bedford Hills, N.Y., pay his roughly $200,000 in legal bills following a court case with Progressive. Progressive Insurance sued Coccaro for alleged fraud in charges for a
List of Auto Body Trade Associations
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) Minneapolis, Minn. Tel: (612) 270-6696 www.autoserviceproviders.com Automotive Service Association (ASA) Bedford, Texas Tel: (800) 272-7467 www.asashop.org Coalition for Collision Repair Excellence (CCRE) Bainbridge Island, Wash. Tel: (877) 700-7743 www.theccre.com Collision Industry Relief Mechanicsville, Va. Tel: (888) 667-7433 www.collisionindustryrelief.com Independent Auto Body Association (IABA) Raleigh, N.C. Tel: (336)
I’m Just A Bill: Why Not Get Involved?
On Capitol Hill, a lot of bills await their fate. And many of them — if enacted into law — will affect the profitability of your business. Why, then, aren’t more collision repairers actively involved in legislative activity?