Last week I had a minor health issue, and I had to visit the on-duty hospital during the night. I will skip all the hassle and long waiting in the Greek state hospital. It is awful. It is worth writing about, but not in Etalon Refinish Blog. However, while waiting in an uncomfortable chair for …
The idea of this article came to me on board of a flight from my business trip from London to Athens, after a week spent with Etalon’s customers in Ireland and the United Kingdom. I was thinking about the differences between the Great Britain and the continental Europe in various aspects of life. You can …
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The best way to avoid business downfalls is to be proactive. It is just like with our health. Your doctor probably told you that it is much easier and cheaper to treat your body and mind as top priority than to deal with illnesses piled due to bad habits and negligence. Well, business health is …
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Staying in Aussieland I have just returned from a two-week long trip to Australia and New Zealand. Even if it is not my first time, I always feel a thrill when visiting these beautiful countries. It is never “business as usual” trips, because there are so many things to see and experience that you never …
For the last couple of weeks I have received several unpleasant letters from our suppliers. Unpleasant because the main subject was the price adjustment due to the sharp and unprecedented increase in raw materials. Information is scarce. All we know is that prices for MDI (methyl di-p-phenylene isocyanate), butanediol and derivatives went up. Well, nobody …
If you own an auto body repair supply store, you know how many product codes you must have in stock. Besides keeping your mixer full and running, there are a handful of other products you cannot afford to be missing. Abrasives of all grits and shapes, various primers, fillers, clears and other consumables are all …
Inventory management in auto paint supply stores. 6 problems and solutions. Part 1. Read More »
Innovation is probably the most cliché-ridden word in the modern corporative marketing. Most slogans, corporate mission statements and annual reports include the “innovation” word or its derivatives. Innovation, by definition, is a new product, process or method, which changes the usual, established set of product features and ways it is used. True innovation, however, is …
In the past posts I have been covering extensively the marketing tools a smart bodyshop owner or paint supplies trader should use. Email marketing, professional magazines ads, old school direct mailing, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, you name it. However, I would like to draw your attention to another social platform, which is very popular among young …
Without a doubt, clearcoat is the King of automotive refinishing materials. Well, paint is equally important, but it comes second. Let’s call it … the Queen. Paint is designed to match, but clearcoat … to shine. A safe guess would be that there are much more brands and varieties of clears in the market, then …
Automotive clearcoats survery. Thought provoking findings. Read More »
Today’s post was written by Bud Abraham (Oregon, USA), who is the owner of Detail Plus Car Appearance Systems. Bud also runs a very successful blog with numerous articles, which will help not only detailers, but all car repair professionals, to boost their performance. Preface Even if this article Bud wrote for car detailers, the principles …
How to Reply to Unspoken Questions with Unspoken Answers… Read More »