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    Driven Brands to Change Customers' Shop Experience

    Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa
    Dec. 20, 2024
    A theme at the conference was for Abra, CARSTAR, and Fix Auto USA stakeholders to use technology to improve the customer experience and reduce the strain on estimators.
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    How Telematics Could Transform the Collision Repair Process

    Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa
    Dec. 18, 2024
    SEMA Show showcases how telematics may be used to help collision repairers and insurers.
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    I Tried I-CAR's VR, and This is What I Thought

    Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa
    Nov. 22, 2024
    I’ve never worked in a shop, but I sure love gaming.
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    This Smart City Wants to be a Cornerstone in Collision Repair

    Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa
    Nov. 15, 2024
    Learn how this city is helping develop ADAS and V2X.
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    Q&A: So, You Want to Be an Instructor?

    Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa
    Nov. 13, 2024
    See what this instructor says about going from the shop to the lab.
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    FenderBender and ABRN Editor-in-Chief Jay Sicht took a photo of this 1905 Cadillac Model A Runabout during a visit to The Vault at Los Angeles' Petersen Automotive Museum in Dec. 2023.
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    YesterWreck – The Column: The Age of Personal Mechanics

    Gary Ledoux
    Nov. 1, 2024
    The collision repair industry begins to form at the turn of the century as more cars hit the nation's largely primitive roads.
    Megan Mueller
    Megan Mueller is the founder of the Mountain States Collision Repair Association and serves as the president of its board.
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    Build Your Sales Culture: Closing Current Traffic

    Steve Trapp
    Oct. 17, 2024
    Improve your shop’s assignment conversion and closing ratio to combat dwindling sales.

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    CREF Booth at 2024 ASCA Conference

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