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Now Available: CASTROL PARTNER FOR LIFE

Now Available: CASTROL PARTNER FOR LIFE

(SPONSORED CONTENT) Wakefield Canada is now partnering with select premium ASPs to help with today’s garage business challenges, through the new CASTROL® PARTNER FOR LIFE Program. Membership in the CASTROL® PARTNER FOR LIFE program brings ASPs exclusive...

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Quebec’s Bill 29 could enshrine Right To Repair: AIA Canada

The Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA Canada) welcomes the tabling of Bill 29, an Act to protect consumers against programmed obsolescence and promote durability, reparability and maintenance of goods, by Québec Minister of Justice Simon Jolin-Barrette....

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New Support Ontario Youth interim executive director

The board of Support Ontario Youth (SOY) announces that Melanie Winter will be the interim Executive Director starting on June 1, 2023. Melanie joined the SOY team with over 20 years of experience in the industrial and manufacturing sector. As the daughter of an...

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Is your aftermarket shop’s customer satisfaction slipping?

Is your aftermarket shop’s customer satisfaction slipping?

With pressures on staffing, parts delays, inflationary impacts on pricing, a high volume of work that strains capacity, and sometimes just plain less friendly service advisors, independent aftermarket shops may be slipping when it comes to keeping customers happy. At...

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Back To The Very Basics, Part 2

Back To The Very Basics, Part 2

In part one of Back To The Very Basics, we discussed the 15 basic touchpoints a service advisor has in transactions with the shop’s clients. All of those processes need to go well in order for there to be a sale. The client’s concern needs to be identified, an...

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Murray Voth: Back to the very basics

Murray Voth: Back to the very basics

By Murray Voth Regardless of how hard we work towards alternative transportation in Canada, most households need to own at least one vehicle. It is a necessity and a fact of life.However, owning a car is challenging for the average consumer. It takes a large loan or...

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Progress on Right to Repair in Canada

Progress on Right to Repair in Canada

(SPONSORED CONTENT) Anybody who's paid any attention at all knows that there is a right to repair battle waging. But there has been some considerable progress. At the centre of this are efforts by the Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA Canada). “There...

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths and Weaknesses

We have often heard the expression, “Focus on your strengths, rather than your weaknesses.” You may have also heard the expression that our strengths, pushed too far, can become weaknesses. In addition, things like skills, training, personal preferences, personality,...

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What’s your shop really worth?

What’s your shop really worth?

Understanding what your business is worth is key to putting succession plans in place but also important for other near-term investments and business planning.  In this 2-part podcast series, Milene Fort, PDC Automotive (pdcauto.com) and Murray Voth, RPM Training...

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