Industry Groups Call for Data Sharing ‘Opt Out’ Option in Shop Management Systems
SCRS, AASP and ASA contend that companies could be collecting business information without shops’ consent, in some cases selling it to third parties.
CARSTAR Expands Business Development Team
CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts has expanded its business development team to position itself for more growth across the U.S. and Canada.
BodyShopBids Hires Chief Marketing Officer, Senior Vice President of Sales
BodyShopBids, an online and mobile platform that enables consumers to solicit custom car repair estimates by uploading a photo, announced that Kevin Leland and Joseph M. Cosgrove have joined the company. Pawngo co-founder Kevin Leland will serve as CMO. Leland previously served as Pawngo’s vice president of marketing, where he oversaw sales, marketing and technology
Exhibitors Getting Early Start with AASP/NJ’s 35th NORTHEAST 2012 Show
NORTHEAST 2012 will take place March 9-11 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center (MEC) in Secaucus, N.J.
Northwest MSO Adds Five Collision Facilities in 12 Months
Precision Collision Auto Body, a family-owned and operated multiple-location operation, started with only one collision center in Bellevue, Wash., in 1985, but owners Scott and Christy Hensrude now operate 18 collision centers, having acquired five repair facilities in the past 12 months. Scott started out in the industry by sweeping floors at a local dealership
Repair Standards Advisory Committee Enters Next Phase of Feasibility Study
The Advisory Committee will present an overview of its work, including the next steps necessary to complete the study, at the CIC meeting to be held at the Las Vegan Hilton Nov. 2-3.
PPG MVP Conference Explores the ‘Power of Performance’
It is no secret that current, unstable economic conditions pose a challenge to the collision repair industry, says PPG. With that in mind, the company’s recent MVP conference, themed "Reveal the Power of Performance" and held last month in New Orleans, focused on how collision centers can maximize overall performance and profitability despite the current
Should I Be an MSO?
I tried opening a second shop more than 20 years ago and failed, but I learned a lot from that failure and am a better businessman today for it. With the MSO model taking off, I’m looking once again at adding another store.
CARSTAR Leadership Discusses Consolidation, MSO Trend
After wrapping up their annual conference Sept. 24-27 in Seattle, Wash., that hosted nearly 400 insurers, vendors and franchisees, the leadership of CARSTAR stated in a recent teleconference their belief that consolidation and the MSO trends in the collision repair industry remain strong. "Industry consolidation is continuing, with MSOs like us adding to their networks
DEG Releases Update on Effort to Get ‘Raw Plastic Prep’ Included in Estimating Systems
The Database Enhancement Gateway has released an update on its efforts to work with the information providers to automate "raw plastic prep" in the estimating platforms. The DEG’s stance is that if refinishing a raw plastic part requires additional labor and materials, the repair estimate/invoice should reflect this. However, the DEG states that getting this