Day: June 25, 2020

Is “buying” bodyshops business by paint companies sustainable?

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After rubbing the shoulders with businesses involved in car refinishing for more than 15 years, I can surely state that certain paint companies implement aggressive market share acquisition as their main growth strategy. In practice, a paint supplier invests in the potential customer -bodyshop- by offering equipment, tools, spray booths and even cash money against …

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Collision repair industry greatest innovators.

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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 …

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5 traits of quality in auto body repair job

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Everyday we are bombarded by advertising of various goods and services. In most of the communicated messages there is a reference to a high “quality” of advertiser. Quality is high, incomparable, excellent, unsurpassed and unbeatable. Car repair industry is no exemption. Bodyshops claim that their service is of high, incomparable, excellent, unsurpassed and, at least, …

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Collision repair management 101: You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Part 2

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Variable costs In the previous part of Collision repair management 101 we discussed fixed costs in a bodyshop. Actually fixed costs, apart probably advertising expenses, are very difficult to decrease quickly. Whether your bodyshop is fully loaded with work or not, fixed costs still come in form of bills end of each months.  Variable costs, …

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A medical examination every car sprayer must take … yesterday

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11 Those of you who follow Etalon Blog probably have noticed that I’ve stressed the importance of health and safety issues in bodyshops many times. This article is no exemption. I was triggered to write this post after a short chat in one of the Facebook groups, dedicated to automotive refinishing business. Particularly, I saw …

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Tip 9. How to grow Bodyshop revenues by providing vehicle undercarriage protection ?

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I have to admit that these tips series for Etalon Refinish Blog is my favorite. I am happy with idea that a bodyshop somewhere could earn extra buck by offering profitable and beneficial to customers services. The key is to identify untapped demand for additional services, other than common auto body refinishing jobs. In this …

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Collision repair management 101: You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Fixed costs.

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For those of you, dear readers, who follow Etalon Refinish blog, it is probably clear that throughout the articles I try to convey a simple, but, from my point of view, very important idea. Collision repair workshop is first of all a Business, which was set up to make profits. Therefore, as every Business, regardless …

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