Oldsmar, FL July 20, 2010 -- Last September, Web-Est conducted a survey among auto collision shops to determine the effects of the economy on their collision repair business and the auto collision industry in general. With an economic downturn seemingly leveling off, but with the unemployment rate still as high as 9%, Web-Est re-conducted a similar survey, with shops asked to share their opinion on the state of the economy. Conducted between July 7 and July 16, over 1,300 shops were invited to participate, with 70% of them identifying themselves as having 3 employees or fewer. The most significant change in the survey compared to last September was measures by the government to help the economy, which respondents carried overwhelmingly negative views of. When asked if efforts by Congress and the federal government have helped auto collision industry (through Recovery Act/Stimulus Bill, Auto Bailout, Troubled Assets Relief Program, etc.) 87% said it has not helped the industry at all. Another important finding from the survey was individual respondent's view of their volume of business compared to the previous six months. Of the shops surveyed, 42% believe that their volume of business is worse than the last six months; while 26% believe it is about the same and 36% believing it has improved. Those who say their volume of business is worse off saw a 20% jump when compared to the survey taken in September 2009. Visit Web-Est to see the full results. Web-Est provides a logic-based collision repair estimating program for $99 per month. Web-Est offers a full database of labor times, OEM and Aftermarket parts, and is provided by Mitchell International through a special data agreement with Web-Est, allowing users to easily estimate collision repair damages. Web-Est services cater to the small- to mid-size auto body shop market by providing low-cost, logic based collision repair estimating software.
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Oldsmar, FL July 20, 2010 -- Last September, Web-Est conducted a survey among auto collision shops to determine the effects of the economy on their collision repair business and the auto collision industry in general.
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