A Career Collaboration: Amazon Career Centre to offer training in auto sector via Automotive Training Centre
Toronto, Ontario — The Automotive Training Centre (ATC) has announced a partnership with Amazon’s Career Choice program in a collaboration aimed at providing employees with skills and training for a career in the automotive and transportation sectors. Launched in 2012, Amazon’s Career Choice program was created to support employees’ educational pursuits by financing 95 percent […]
Cars a Click Away: Hyundai to sell cars on Amazon starting in 2024
Toronto, Ontario — On November 16, Hyundai announced that starting in 2024, customers in the U.S. can order cars via Amazon. Starting early next year, auto dealers will have the opportunity to sell vehicles in Amazon’s U.S. store and Hyundai will be the first brand available to purchase. This option will eliminate the possibility of […]
BOOKS, TOYS… AND AUTO PARTS?
Amazon enters the parts sector Story by MAX REID Convenient or concerning? That is what many in the U.S. aftermarket are asking themselves following the launch of Amazon’s new OEM auto parts portal, a new purchasing option that cuts costs and cuts out dealers. Bruce Halcro, owner of Capital Collision Center in Helena, Montana, spoke […]
Prime Parts: New Amazon parts store puts collision centre sales at risk
Toronto, Ontario — Convenient or concerning? That is what many in the U.S. aftermarket are asking themselves following the launch of Amazon’s new OEM auto parts portal, a new purchasing option that cuts costs and cuts out dealers. Bruce Halcro, owner of Capital Collision Center in Helena, Mont., spoke to Repairer Driven News about how […]
Amazon invests in electric pickup truck startup — Rivian
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – February 19, 2019 –- Rivian, a Michigan-based electric pickup truck manufacturer and a potential Tesla rival announced that Amazon will be leading an investment round of $700 million in its startup. The announcement was made on Friday and cleared the rumors, for now, that General Motors was also going […]
Amazon invests in autonomous technology startup
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — February 11, 2019 — Amazon has expanded its autonomous footprint. The technology company announced Friday that it has invested in Aurora, a Silicon Valley startup that develops technology to power completely autonomous vehicles. “Autonomous technology has the potential to help make the jobs of our employees and partners safer and more productive, whether […]
Tuesday Ticker: Will Amazon move beyond parts and into repair?
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 7, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker looks at earning reports from LKQ and AkzoNobel, how stock in 3M rose 16 percent in the last year, how Amazon may soon branch out from parts and into selling auto service and much, much more! LKQ LKQ Corporation released its […]
Jay Perry’s book cracks Amazon’s best-seller lists
Toronto, Ontario — October 4, 2016 — Jay Perry’s book, Success Manifesto, has made it into the Amazon.com best-seller lists. In fact, the book make it onto the lists in four different categories on the first day of its release. Readers of Collision Repair magazine likely know Perry best as the author of his regular […]
