The share of franchised dealers operating body shops posted its largest midyear decline in at least eight years, while sales per repair order jumped nearly 10%. Body shop sales at U.S. franchised new-vehicle dealerships totaled $3.94 billion in the first half of 2026, up 0.8% from $3.91 billion in the first half of 2025 but […]
Automotive Color & Supply Consolidates Fort Wayne Operations in New Facility
Automotive Color & Supply (ACS), the distributor of automotive and industrial coatings, has consolidated its Fort Wayne, Ind. operations into a new combined warehouse, office and retail facility at 5428 Keystone Drive. The company will host an informal celebration at the site for customers, employees, vendors and community members Sept. 24. The new site houses […]
TD Cowen Calls Chinese Car Fears Overdone as Lawmakers Urge Trump to Keep U.S. Market Closed
Analysts at TD Cowen told clients Sept. 22 that major changes to U.S. auto import policy are very unlikely to come out of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose visit to Washington begins Sept. 23, and that the recent selloff in auto stocks on fears of Chinese automakers entering the U.S. […]
Australia Competition Regulator Blocks IAG Acquisition of RAC Insurance
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Sept. 23 ordered Insurance Australia Group Ltd. (ASX: IAG) not to proceed with its proposed acquisition of RAC Insurance (RACI), concluding after an in-depth Phase 2 assessment that the deal would substantially lessen competition in motor vehicle insurance and home and contents insurance in Western Australia. IAG […]
LKQ Europe Begins Rollout of Expanded LKQ Academy Training Platform
LKQ Europe has started rolling out a new online platform for LKQ Academy, its training program for automotive aftermarket professionals, beginning in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company expects the rollout to be complete across its European markets by 2027. The platform pairs around-the-clock online learning with bookable face-to-face courses, aimed at a problem […]
Michigan Auto Body Association Launches, Affiliates with SCRS
New statewide group aims to represent collision repair facilities in Lansing, with anti-steering protections and OEM repair procedure reimbursement among its early priorities. A group of Michigan collision repairers has formed the Michigan Auto Body Association, a statewide trade association created to represent collision repair facilities at the state Capitol in Lansing. The association announced […]
Caliber Renews Enterprise Licensing Agreement with Mitchell, Adds MSO Suite
Caliber Collision has renewed its multi-year enterprise licensing agreement with Mitchell, extending access to Mitchell Cloud Estimating across its more than 1,850 locations and adding Mitchell MSO Suite and other workflow software, the companies announced Sept. 22. “Caliber’s commitment to delivering safe, efficient and accurate repairs requires continuous investment in scalable technology,” said Todd Dillender, […]
Arity Survey Finds 85% of Drivers Rate Themselves Safer Than Average Despite Admitting Risky Habits
Most U.S. drivers consider themselves safer than average behind the wheel, even as a large majority admit to behaviors they know are risky, according to a survey released Sept. 22 by Arity, the mobility data and analytics company founded by Allstate in 2016. In the survey of 1,000 U.S. drivers, 85% of respondents rated themselves […]
John Bean Introduces Customer-Facing Video Explaining ADAS Calibration
John Bean, the Snap-on equipment brand, has introduced a short video repair shops can use to explain to vehicle owners why advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) must be calibrated after service. The 34-second video, titled “Why ADAS Calibration Matters More Than You Think,” is embedded below. Calibration remains one of the line items repairers most […]
SkillsUSA, CareerSafe to Provide Free OSHA 10-Hour Safety Training to 5,000 Students
SkillsUSA will provide OSHA 10-hour safety training at no cost to 5,000 of its student members through a new partnership with CareerSafe, an online provider of OSHA-authorized safety education, the organization announced Sept. 18. The training covers both the General Industry and Construction versions of the OSHA 10-hour course, and students who complete it receive […]
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