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News, views, features and commentary about the automotive repair and service industry in Canada.
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Navigating Shifting Consumer Demand, with Lordco Auto Parts
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May 04, 2026 |
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Emily Chung’s First 100 Days With AIA Canada
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Enhanced Media: Jason Herle, AIA Canada Incoming Chair
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Empowering Change in the Automotive Aftermarket, with Kim Cottle
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Ontario’s Tire Chaos, with OTDA’s Adam Moffat
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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AutoShow Insights: Rebates, Competition and Choice
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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An Emerging Leadership Perspective, with Meagan Moody
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Enhancing the Parts Buying Process, with Isaac Bunick
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Fresh Eyes on the Canadian Aftermarket, with Rob Blitzstein
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Canada’s Right to Repair: Navigating laws, politics and opposition, with Emily Holtby
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Mister Transmission’s Next Chapter, with Barbara Moran-Goodrich
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Enhanced Media: CARS Shop of the Year 2025, Platinum Automotive Repair
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Navigating Global Disruption, with Bill Hanvey
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Resilience, Supply Chain, and Transition with J.F. Champagne
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Enhanced Media: 2025 Jobber of the Year winner, Pat’s Auto Supply
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Strategic growth and building the aftermarket, with Bestbuy’s Nick Brunet
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: From Setback to Comeback: Navigating the Job Market with Resilience, with Jacki Lutz
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Preparing, Planning and Selling, with Emily Chung
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: How AI is Working Behind the Aftermarket Scenes, with Predii’s Tilak Kasturi
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: A Vision for the Aftermarket’s Future, with UAP’s Alain Primeau
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: How Critical Lead Acid Batteries Are, with Enersys’ Bryce Gregory
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: A Roadmap For Our Aftermarket Future, with NAPA’s Donovan Ringo
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Positioning Your Shop for Sale, with Tekmetric’s Sunil Patel
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Global Uncertainty and Resilience, with Bill Hanvey
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: The Future of Automotive Training, with J.F. Champagne
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May 26, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Uncertainty, Resilience and Innovation, with Lordco Auto Parts
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May 12, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: AI and the Aftermarket, with Todd Richardson
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Branding and Connections, with Susanne Morello
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Enhanced Media: Tony Kuczynski, AIA Canada Chair
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Automaker Insights From the AutoShow 2025
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Climbing Mt. Aftermarket Everest, with Pacer Dynamics
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Logistics Lowdown Cross-post: Empowering the Next Generation — Careers, AI, and Sustainability in Supply Chain Management with David Johnson
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Industry Innovation and Expanding Relationships, with Johanna Smith
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Pricing Amid Tariffs, with Kumar Saha
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Navigating the Canadian Automotive Landscape, with Todd Campau
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Technology, Change and Opportunity, with Shane O’Kelly
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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ASW Conversations: Being a Professional Pivoter, with Autumn Lamb
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Enhanced Media: More from the Shop of the Year Winner, Maidens Family Auto Care
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Your Top Right to Repair Advocate, Emily Holtby
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Going Local and International with J.F. Champagne
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Enhanced Media: More from the 2024 Jobber of the Year Winner, Shannon Black
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Growing EV Service with Eccles Auto
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Porsches to Pastries — How Nhu Nguyen is Supporting Men’s Health
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: On a Journey of Growth, with Nick Brunet
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Generational Divides in Auto Care, with Jeff O’Hara
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Hanging His Own Shingle, with Rui Silvestre
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: A Place for the Industry’s Young Pros, with Kari Hann
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: A Lifetime of Automotive Enthusiasm with Virushin Vepulan
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Repair Roadblocks, with Scott and Michael Waddle
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Shop Owners on the Importance of Training
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Closing Time with Josie Candito
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Bruce Eccles, Shop Owner Turned Author
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: AutoShow Insights — Stellantis Canada
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Aftermarket labour challenges with Alana Baker of AIA Canada
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May 27, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: AutoShow Insights — Chevrolet Canada
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May 13, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: AutoShow Insights — Ford Canada
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Celebrating 50 years of Lordco
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Enhanced Media: AIA Canada Incoming Chair, Ryan Bruno, Jobber News, March 2024
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: AutoShow Insights — Volvo Canada
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: How Automakers Will Tackle EV Education
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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ASW Conversations: Canadian M&A — The Vast-O’Reilly deal and more
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Enhanced Media: How Darryl Croft is helping the EV Transiton, EV World, Winter 2023
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Enhanced Media: More insights from the 2023 Shop of the Year, CARS, December 2023
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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ASW Conversations: Right to Repair and the State of the Industry with Bill Hanvey
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Enhanced Media: More from the 2023 Jobber of the Year Winner, Jobber News, November 2023
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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ASW Conversations: Navigating the Cost Gap on Tesla and Non-Tesla EV Collision Repairs with Kevin Fitzpatrick
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Enhanced Media: EVs and ‘Negative Hyperbole’, EV World, Fall 2023
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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ASW Conversations: Want to Retire? What to do With Your Shop with Matt DiFrancesco
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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ASW Conversations: What About Hydrogen? with Brent Hartman
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Enhanced Media: Diving into the Annual Jobber Survey, CARS, June 2023
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Enhanced Media: Other Takeaways From the Annual Shop Survey, Jobber News, May 2023
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May 06, 2023 |
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Enhanced Media: The business decision of EVs, EV World, Spring 2023
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Enhanced Media: ADAS’s important role, CARS, April 2023
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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ASW Conversations: How are OEs educating consumers about EVs?
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Enhanced Media: AIA Canada Incoming Chair, Jobber News, March 2023
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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PAID: ASW Conversations: The Straight Pipes x eBay Motors
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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ASW Conversations: Addressing Parts Fraud in the Aftermarket
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: Innovations in EV Charging with James Fraser
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: AAPEX 2022, Catching Up with Bill Hanvey
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: Cybersecurity in Autonomous Vehicles with Peter Watkins
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: J.D. Power Annual Outlook Report with J.D. Ney
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: Innovating How Tires Are Sold with George Silagadze
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: Preparing for an EV-Driven Future with Wouter Witvoet
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: 2023 Supply Chain Outlook with Tom Cook, Part 2
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: 2023 Supply Chain Outlook with Tom Cook, Part 1
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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PAID: ASW Conversations: Restoring the Historic Fossmobile
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Enhanced Media: Annual Jobber Survey, CARS, June 2022
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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PAID: ASW Conversations: Enhancing Your Ride
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: The ‘Rock and a Hard Place’ for Automakers
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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PAID: ASW Conversations: Getting Spring Ready
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May 19, 2022 |
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Enhanced Media: Annual Shop Survey, Jobber News, May 2022
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May 05, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: EVs, sustainability and energy management
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May 04, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: SEMA isn’t letting a crisis go to waste
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Enhanced Media: The Collision Report, April 2022 CARS
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: The Return of Tradeshows
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: What’s on the mind of Fountain Tire’s next CEO
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: More than three decades of tire stewardship
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Enhanced Media: 2022 AIA chairman Jason Yurchak
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: What will it take for autonomous vehicle acceptance?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: Examining LiDAR, and its impact on shops
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Enhanced Media: CARS Shop Executive Outlook 2022
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: Labour minister talks Skilled Trades Ontario
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: What's the future of autonomous?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Enhanced Media - Jobber News January 2022 Outlook
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: What else is behind supply chain delays?
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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ASW Conversations: ‘Perfect storm’ of supply chain issues
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Avoiding cold weather mistakes
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: A Canadian exclusive with Bill Hanvey
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Extending services beyond your shop’s four walls
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: How do you solve a problem like carbon build up?
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Keeping oil top of mind in your shop
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: How shop business has changed
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Education trends and challenges
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Connecting with customers through a robot
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Welcoming back Adam Malik as editor
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Al Haberman talks mandatory certification
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: ShopPros' CEO Al Wheeler on why business culture matters
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: ShopPros on business planning & why shop owners can't count on "Plan B"
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Meet the Toronto shop owner spreading positivity & community through signs
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Bruce Eccles on changes and challenges in today’s aftermarket (Part Two)
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May 27, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Bruce Eccles on changes and challenges in today's aftermarket
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May 12, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: See how this female tech is promoting a more inclusive aftermarket
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Everything you need to know about Pennzoil's new carbon neutral lubricants
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Meet the company that's offering all-inclusive maintenance experience
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: LeddarTech exec talks future of ADAS and connected cars
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Solera exec pinpoints the AI-based repair & claims processing revolution
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: AASA's president Paul McCarthy on the aftermarket's global recovery
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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ASW Conversations: Mark Lemay
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Podcast: Shop of the Year winner Erin Vaughan
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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039 Dan Billie on a new direction for steering components
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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038 Steve Van Kessel on building an award-winning business
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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037 Asaf Weisbrot on the value of automotive data
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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036 Meet Christine Hogg, the new editor of CARS and Jobber News
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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035 Don Frisby on the lessons of 100 years in business
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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034 Shad Smereka on Fountain Tire's national DVI program
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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033 Mike Owen on the evolution of power tools
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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032 Jim Caldwell on how OK Tire handled the pandemic
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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031 Bob Paff on the Automotive Service Business Network
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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030 COMMENTARY: Staying on top of your website
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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029 Bob Ward on the idea of mandatory certification of repair shops
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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028 David Tobin on the industry-wide problem of warranty abuse
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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027 Sahas Katta on the future of telematics
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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026 Cam Young on the impact of the pandemic
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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025 Nhu Nguyen on the road to Porsche
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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024 David Lawes on the origins of "Ken the Mechanic"
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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023 Tim and TJ Brough on innovative marketing
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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022 J.F. Champagne on mandatory certification of repair shops
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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021 Tim Cifelli on what repair shops are learning during Covid
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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020-Bill Hanvey on what to expect at AAPEX this year
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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019 Ray Proulx on how you can help High Fives for Kids
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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018 Todd Hack on how 2020 could shape up for the aftermarket
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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017 Jeremy O'Neal on the most important hour of the day
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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016 Brian Wheeler on keeping up with technology
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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015 Daren Hodgson on why he's still not open for business
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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014 Bob Greenwood on counting billed hours, not cars
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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013 Mark Lemay on training in the age of Covid
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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012 Rick McMullin on his door-crasher special
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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011 Derek Suen on attracting new talent to the industry
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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010 Sebastian Zelger on the value of transparency
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May 25, 2020 |
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009 John Fisher on adapting to working online
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May 18, 2020 |
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008 Tracy Carnahan on the shifting meaning of the word TRUST
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May 11, 2020 |
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007 Susan Hitchon on making connections during a pandemic
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May 04, 2020 |
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006 J.F. Champagne on quantifying the impact of Covid-19
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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005 Zara Wishloff on why we're more essential than ever
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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004 Daren Hodgson on why he's resisting the call to reopen
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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003 Bob Greenwood on the changing realities of retail
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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002 Bob Ward on how coronavirus has changed everything
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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001 Scott Eccles on helping other stores in trying times
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Apr 25, 2020 |