July 30, 2025

What the New Japan and EU Trade Agreements Mean for the U.S. Auto Industry 

The Newly Reached Japan Trade Deal Late last week, the Trump administration announced it had reached a new trade agreement with Japan, America’s fifth-largest trading partner. The deal imposes a…
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The slow decline of new light vehicle sales has a direct impact on the average age of vehicles repaired and influences used car values.
April 29, 2020

New Light Vehicle Sales and the Auto Collision Industry

New car sales has always been one of the longer-term indicators to watch for in…
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April 22, 2020

Current Collision Repair Parts Procurement Trends

PartsTrader recently reported on the current state of collision repair parts procurement trends by gathering…
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Speculations surface amongst the COVID-19 impacts on the collision repair industry, but PartsTrader portal data reassures continued healthy quote volumes.
April 6, 2020

COVID-19 Impacts on the Collision Repair Industry

As the effects of the COVID-19 virus are beginning to be felt in every area…
Business Manager, Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier
scaling performance metrics to a reduced number of true ‘key’ indicators will focus results on big impact areas that will drive significant improvement in auto physical damage claims.
April 1, 2020

Measuring KPIs on Auto Physical Damage Claims

How many key performance indicators is the right amount? Veteran business travelers will recognize this…
Business Manager, Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer
March 18, 2020

Bottom Line Profits From Online Parts Sales – Pt....

This is the second of two articles that explores several best practices, such as performance-based…
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March 4, 2020

Bottom Line Profits From Online Parts Sales – Pt....

This is the first of two articles that explores several best practices, such as online…
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