Cover Stories

Vehicle Scanning

By John Yoswick Easily the most talked-about subject within the collision repair industry since last summer has been pre- and post-repair scanning of collision damaged...

2016 in Quotes

By John Yoswick In a new year when many Americans are anticipating great change, it’s good to take a few moments to reflect back on...

Catching Up

Ten industry news items, trends and tools you may have overlooked this year. By John Yoswick As another year comes to an end, here are 10...

Twitter, LinkedIn, & More

Tips and Tricks to Make Your Social Media Marketing More Successful By John Yoswick Whether you swear by social media marketing — or swear about it...

Shop Owner Wisdom

Ideas That Have Proven Successful For Bod Shops By John Yoswick You can’t talk with other shop owners anywhere without gaining some good ideas that might...

Learning From the ‘Big Boys’

Independent shops can implement many of the ideas being used by multi-shop businesses By John Joswick It’s understandable for independent shops to view the arrival in...

Collision in Court

Some industry legal battles end. Others trudge on. By John Yoswick It’s been a year since Automotive Report offered a look into some of the legal...

Riding the Ups and Downs

A Balanced Approach to Continually Cutting Costs and Increasing Sales by John Yoswick If the goal in business is putting more dollars to the bottom line,...

Not Exactly ‘Doom And Gloom’

By John Yoswick There is no shortage of industry trends that can seem discouraging for independent collision repair businesses, from the growth of large collision...

Safety First

By John Yoswick Over the 10 years Jeff Parker had operated his West Coast collision repair business, inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...