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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: Industry Trends
The quotes below are about this issue:
Participants also mention a change in the demand for certain types of services. There is now a focus on replacing parts instead of providing routine maintenance services. Also, due to an increase in manufacturer-specific parts, dealership business has increased which, in turn, has reduced the demand for independent shop services.
| "About 30 percent of our work now is custom paint, which is a lot [more] than it used to be..." | Southwest |
| "So, a lot of our work is families, they're students, moms, dads, girlfriends, families or whatever. They'll [bring in] vehicles that have 100,000 miles that their insurance companies totaled out, and so we use a lot of these parts..." | Southwest |