May 15, 2025

Recycled Parts at Risk: How Global Currency Trends Are Driving Prices

In recent months, we’ve seen the U.S. dollar lose ground against key global currencies—a trend that’s emerged partly as a side effect of the tariffs recently imposed on many countries…
Category: Carrier, Collision Industry Updates, PartsTrader, Repairer
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Impact of thermoplastics on collision repair
March 17, 2021

The Impact of Thermoplastics on Collision Repair

“One word: Plastics” is a famous line from 1967’s “The Graduate.” In the film, a…
Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier
March 3, 2021

How America’s Love of SUVs Impacts Repair Costs

The SUV is a truly American phenomenon. Initially, these behemoths in the 1970s that bore…
Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier
Is It Still ‘Parts is Parts’ for the Collision Industry?
February 17, 2021

Is It Still ‘Parts is Parts’ for the Collision...

Remember that Wendy’s fast food ad where they showed other restaurants selling processed chicken nuggets,…
Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User
How Video Gaming, the Pandemic, and New Vehicle Production Are Connected (yes, really).
February 3, 2021

How Video Gaming, the Pandemic, and New Vehicle Production...

These seemingly disparate things are truly tied together and the impact is being felt in…
Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User
The success of locating the optimal part at the best price is hampered by many factors. Here's some of the major limiters to optimal part identification
January 20, 2021

Is Your Parts Search Finding Only a Fraction of...

The average repairable estimate today contains 10.5 replacement parts, and makes up nearly 45% of…
Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, Supplier, User
As the year has drawn to an end, we look to see what trends in the collision industry to watch to help guide our businesses as we start a new year.
December 9, 2020

Collision Industry: A Year in Review

2020 by all accounts has been a challenging and difficult year. As the year has…
Business Manager, Carrier, Case Study, Collision Industry Updates, Repairer, User