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Keeping Attendees Coming Back: The Evolving Landscape of AAPEX/SEMA
Sept. 1, 2025
Repairer Profiles
"I Could Do This, Too": R+W All-Star Runner-Up Michelle Tansey
Aug. 28, 2025
Repairer Profiles
Todd Ainsworth: A Star in Washington’s Independent Repair Scene
Aug. 26, 2025
Operations
Seven Days a Week: How One Shop Owner Transformed His Business By Staying Open While Competitors Closed
Aug. 19, 2025
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Silverstein: The Flat Rate Paradox: When the American Dream Feels Unattainable
Aug. 18, 2025
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Columns
Callahan: Beyond Command and Control
Seven Strategies to Transform Your Team Through People-First Leadership.
Aug. 14, 2025
Tools+Technology
The SOP: How Smart Shop Owners Can Get Ahead Using AI
Why artificial intelligence is transforming customer behavior and how shops can use it to become more competitive.
Aug. 12, 2025
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Top Columns Parnell: Leading with Influence, Not Intimidation In today's high-pressure automotive repair environment, the distinction between leadership and management...
Aug. 12, 2025
Leadership
Blind Spots and Breakthroughs: Two Shop Owners on Seeing What’s Hard to See
Every shop leader has blind spots. Here’s how Chris Cloutier and Bruce Howes discovered theirs—and what they did to grow from them.
Aug. 8, 2025
Leadership
Numbers: The Path to Shop Ownership
A look at the roles auto repair shop owners filled before leaping into entrepreneurship.
Aug. 6, 2025