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Classic Collision Opens 18th Georgia Collision Repair Center

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Classic Collision Inc. has added an 18th location in the north Georgia Market with the addition of its newest collision repair center in Cumming, Ga. Cumming is located 45 miles Northeast of Atlanta. The new Cumming location employs 10 people making Classic Collision an employer of over 500 people across its organization. Manfred Kammerer, the […]

New York Collision Repair Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Underreporting Sales Tax

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Brooklyn shop owner will pay $259,000 in restitution for underreporting sales from 2010 through 2015. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner Boone announced June 16 the guilty plea of John Sbrigato, the owner of Brighton Collision, Inc., in Brooklyn, N.Y., for committing sales tax fraud. Sbrigato pleaded guilty in […]

AMi Launches Expanded Management Education Program

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Will offer collision repair customer service certificates and professional designations for office manager, general manager and master general manager. The Automotive Management Institute (AMi) announced the launch of the “next generation of AMi.” This includes six new front office and management certificates and professional designations, access to more than 100 relevant online courses, career paths, […]

CCC and Wurth USA Announce Interface

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CCC Information Services Inc. announced today it has created an electronic interface between its CCC ONE Repair Workflow shop management software and Würth’s SIS invoicing and inventory management software. The interface will provide their shared collision repair facility customers with more accurate and efficient job costing by automatically and electronically importing the Würth supplies used […]

Fix Auto Canada Names Carole Anne Elliott Sr. Business Development Manager

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Tony DeSantis, Vice President of Sales, Fix Auto Canada announced that Carole Anne Elliott has joined the Fix Auto Canada team as a Senior Business Development Manager, in Fix Auto’s Ontario office. Prior to joining the Fix Auto team, Carole Anne worked for Hertz Corporation for 11 years as a National Sales Manager and National […]

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Auto Dealers in Overtime Dispute

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday sided with automobile dealers in a case involving overtime pay eligibility for service advisors. In its ruling on Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro et. al., the Supreme Court sent the case back to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review its previous ruling that dealership […]

FTC Terminates Review of OEConnection Sale

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued an early termination notice June 16 on the Hart Scott Rodino (HSR) antitrust review of the sale by General Motors and Ford Motor Company of their stakes in OEConnection LLC. OEConnection LLC announced on June 2 that Providence Equity Partners would acquire a majority equity stake in the company. […]

More than 100 Collision Repair Shops Receive AutocheX Premier Achiever Award

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Mitchell International today announced the recipients of the 2015 AutocheX Premier Achiever Awards, honoring top performing collision repair shops throughout the U.S. for impeccable customer service. “The AutocheX Premier Achiever Awards’ winners exemplify the level of excellence all shops should aspire to,” said Paul Rosenstein, Vice President, Product Management at Mitchell International. “Specifically, these repair […]

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