A Night at the Symposium: MSO Symposium 2023 set for Oct. 30, early bird tickets open next week
Toronto, Ontario — If the SEMA Show is the collision industry’s annual family dinner, consider the MSO Symposium to be the delightful appetizer that precedes it; that is, a can’t-miss event and opportunity to network with some of the top multi-shop owners in the North American industry. Registration will soon open for this exclusive industry […]
Tuesday Ticker: Analysts expect good results from Rivian; GM to build batteries in Ont.
Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly stock watch, Rivian gets a rise after analysts raise their targets; General Motors makes electrifying plans in Ontario; and Uber sets up two new streams for Canadian revenue. Rivian is on the rise Rivian’s been hot this summer—the EV company’s stock is up 60 percent through the month of […]
Data Defence: Autel updates EULA amid privacy, transparency concerns
Toronto, Ontario — Representatives from Autel say the company has shored up its defenses against unwanted data collection through a newly released EULA, announced at a Collision Industry Conference (CIC) meeting last week. Acting on concerns raised at an April CIC meeting about the potential for Autel customer data to be lifted from its tools […]
Electric Vehicles and Collision Repair: Register NOW for the EV Tour Toronto event, free to attend
Toronto, Ontario — Collision Repair magazine’s Keep Current EV Tour supported by Fix Network, will stop in Toronto this August. This exclusive, free-to-attend event is designed to equip Canadian collision repair professionals with insights into electric vehicle (EV) repair and will take place on Aug. 23 at the Fix Network Training Centre in Milton, Ont. With more than 118,000 […]
KIDS THESE DAYS
How about you rethink your retention efforts? Column by MEGHAN MCEWEN It is a well-known reality that hiring, and training new staff is one of the costliest endeavors for any business, especially one with a significant, qualified labour component. It also isn’t a secret that the auto industry already has a recruitment and retention crisis […]
MAKING SENSE OF A WORLD OF ADAS INFORMATION
What’s the role of a collision shop? With ADAS such a constant topic, there’s plenty of information, good and bad, flying around—and all the more so when it comes to collision shops. Here are answers to a few common ADAS concerns to provide some helpful perspective. Is ADAS really a collision shop thing? Not only […]
MEETING MINUTES
CCCR discusses time study and in-person meeting The Canadian Council of Collision Repairers (CCCR) recently held a virtual meeting discussing the group’s ongoing time study, its plans for the first in-person meeting, and nationwide profitability. The CCCR is a group of collision repairers working together to improve their businesses and the entire collision repair ecosystem. […]
A COMPLAINT ON COMPLAINTS
There’s good and bad in every comment By ALLISON ROGERS Humans are hard-wired to complain. Even the brightest of optimists will gripe on occasion. Some doctors suggest that humans complain in excess because of significant gaps between their expectations and reality. It’s a classic tale: expecting a masterpiece and getting a mess; anticipating a diamond […]
