You know the feeling: you’re just getting into your day when a regular customer comes in. They were just in for brake service. So you’re happy to see them, but when they don’t return your friendly greeting, you know something is up. And, as a professional, you know...
As the auto repair industry population ages, finding talented young people to take over the reins as owners look ahead to retirement is an increasingly pressing issue. Steve Sandham of George’s Auto Repair in Tillsonburg, Ontario, is a great example of how putting...
Picture yourself getting into a taxi. Then picture yourself in that taxi as it lifts off the ground and takes to the air. Now picture yourself in that air taxi without a driver. A report by the Boston Consulting Group predicts that people around the world will take...
The British Columbia-focused Automotive Retailers Association is hosting the Women in the Automotive and Powersports Industry event on June 27 in Vancouver, B.C. Women make up 51 percent of the population but only 6.4 percent of trade workers. In a time when...
General Motors Canada and Unifor have announced that they have reached a "Transformation Agreement" that will transition the GM Oshawa Assembly operations to parts manufacturing and advanced vehicle testing. While there will still be significant reductions in the...
When asked why they started their own business, I have heard many shop owners say one of the following things. “I did not make a good employee.” “I did not play nice with others.” “I was not good at following orders.” Or, “No one could do it as well as me, so I may as...
(SPONSORED CONTENT) You can simplify TPMS service and make your business more profitable by using VDO REDI-Sensor Multi-Application TPMS Sensors. Continental has developed an exceptional TPMS program that lets you replace over 270 OE sensors with just five VDO...
Ontario NAPA associate and electrical distributor Ideal Supply Company held its Northern Trade Show in Barrie, Ont. April 24, and 25, the first of its pair of trade events. With a Night at the Movies Theme, the event is the first of two trade show events organized by...
OK Tire has chosen Salaberry-de-Valleyfield as the site for its new $14-million Eastern Canadian distribution centre, serving its network throughout the east. “We are moving forward with our plans to build a new 200,000 square foot facility in the Perron Industrial...