• Michael Willins

    Mike has been involved in the automotive industry since 1997. He was formerly Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Automotive Body Repair News. In 2005, under Mike's direction ABRN won the Advanstar Communications "Magazine of the Year Award." Prior to that he was senior editor of Aftermarket Business. With Mike's help Aftermarket Business earned the 2004 Gold Key Award as Publication of the Year given out by the Association of Automotive Publication Editors.

    Michael Willins
    Jan. 1, 2020
    We talk frequently about challenges faced by collision repair shops, but often fail to examine opportunities.
    Michael Willins
    Jan. 1, 2020
    The Pay-On-Scan (POS) initiative is making some modest headway into the retailer’s vast inventory.
    Michael Willins
    Jan. 1, 2020
    Sears Canada announced in late March its intentions to lease the service bays in its Canadian operations to service vendors. That same month, U.S.-based parent, Sears, Roebuck...
    Michael Willins
    Jan. 1, 2020
    For more than a year the aftermarket has attempted to gain a clear picture of AutoZone’s Pay-On-Scan (POS) initiative — specifically, which manufacturers are participating and...