Westward Ho: Dramatic Changes in the Southern California Repair Market
Four significant acquisitions in the last six months are emphatic evidence of the momentous changes in the largest collision repair market in the US –
November 23, 2020
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Focus Advisors 2020 Midyear Report
It’s August 2020 and we are more than halfway through a most extraordinary year. The Great Pause continues. What follows is our midyear update. As
August 10, 2020
Collision Buyers are More Plentiful and Active as Ever. Why Now?
With the pandemic depressing collision business performance and providing uncertainty, why are buyers more plentiful and active than ever?
August 3, 2020
David Roberts Shares Impact of Driven Brands Purchase of Fix Auto USA & ACAB
Published in Autobody News April 27, 2020 Written by Stacey Phillips David Roberts, managing director of FOCUS Advisors, Inc. With Driven Brands‘ purchase of Fix Auto USA and Auto Center
May 20, 2020
State of Play in the Collision Repair Industry Jan 2020
David Roberts, Managing Director of FOCUS Advisors (focusadvisors.com), comments on the year just ended and expectations for 2020.
February 5, 2020
Land of 15,000 Shops
By 2030 there will be 15,000 shops in the US: 4,000 in third tier cities and rural areas 2,000 will be franchisees 9,000 in the
September 18, 2019
Grow And Thrive With A Tribe
We often write about how consolidation is constantly creating new landscapes in the collision repair industry, one increasingly dominated by the largest MSOs. At the
December 28, 2018
The Long-Rumored Sale Of Cook’s Collision And Its Implications
Rumors have circulated for years that Cook’s Collision “was putting itself on the market,” “was about to be sold,” “has been sold,” etc. Given the recent
October 26, 2018
Rise Of The Regional And Super Regional MSOS
The pronounced shift in consolidator focus from platform acquisitions to brownfields, greenfields and single shops has opened the door for regional and multi-regional MSOs to
September 14, 2018
