The key message to emanate from two of the world’s leading repair organisations, speaking today at IBIS Global Summit 2018, was that despite the geographical differences, the challenges of collision repair remain central. During the session, ‘Collision repair around the world’, Summit delegates heard from Michael Wilmshurst, chief executive of Nationwide Accident Repair Services Plc, [...]

IBIS Global Summit 2018 delegates were told that ‘autonomous driving and increased sharing behaviour will fundamentally change the automotive and mobility industry.’ The message came from Philipp Enderle, consultant, strategy operations, Deloitte, as he explained how fleet management will be a key enabler for the electric and autonomous future of mobility. He explained how fleet [...]

Andrew Marsh, director of Auto Industry Insider, told IBIS Global Summit 2018 delegates to embrace the new automotive technology era because it will create much value. In his session, ‘Profit from… automotive industry chaos’ Andrew provided a highly energised vision of the collision repair industry now and into the future and encouraged delegates to ‘embrace’ [...]

Data experts ICDP has predicted an average 23% reduction in collision repairs across EU4 countries in 2030. Using a simulation model to analyse the EU4 markets of France, Germany, Italy and the UK, ICDP suggests the drop will only be slightly compensated for by higher repair costs. The research comes as part of ICDP’s first [...]

Kicking off IBIS Global Summit 2018, Paul Steele, sales director, DACH, from TrustPilot told delegates that consumers still trust ‘bricks and mortar’ manufacturer branded and independent dealerships over company’s websites and social media pages. Paul presented Trustpilot’s findings from its recent survey exploring how consumers’ habits have changed towards purchasing cars. According to the survey, [...]