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2021 Impact Award Winner: Collin Francis, Dorman Products
The Auto Care Association Impact Award: Four for the Future award annually recognizes four people under the age of 40 who have made remarkable contributions within the auto care industry.
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Meet a Staffer: Alexis Wilson
Planning office events throughout the year and during the holiday time. Helping with large mail to be sent out and binding books.
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What’s new in autocarevip.com?
Wow, many new and exciting updates are taking place within the autocarevip.com site this year. In our previous blog post, we talked about the new content added to the Vehicle Configuration Database …
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Meet a Staffer: Billy Sissamis
Leveraging technology to make the association’s accounting operations more productive and efficient.
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Meet a Staffer: Lea Diamond
The articulation of our association’s core values: Teamwork, Curiosity, Integrity, Fun. These are what we strive for every day to help us serve the members best! TCIF!
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USTR Announces Four-Year Review Process of China 301 Tariffs
USTR issued a notice on May 3 commencing the statutory process required leading up to the four-year anniversaries of the Section 301 tariffs on List 1 and List 2 imports from China.
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President’s Message: Spring is a season for new growth, new life, and new opportunities.
As the cherry blossoms remerge along the tidal basin in Washington, there is also new life springing forward on Capitol Hill. The Right to Repair seeds our industry’s advocacy efforts sowed back in 2012 …
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Auto Care Association Submits Comments to FMC Regarding Demurrage and Detention Billing Practices
The Auto Care Association submitted comments to the FMC in response to a proposed rulemaking on demurrage and detention billing requirements of common carriers and marine terminal operators (MTO).
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Revolutionize Your Digital Assets with the Latest Best Practices Guide
April 5, 2022, marked the beginning of the 90-day review for the industry to take a look at the last update of the Digital Asset Best Practice document, with July 4, 2022, for its next release. The Digital …
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What Your Repair Shops Are Saying
The YANG Effect newsletter is your quarterly "pit stop" for all things Automotive Aftermarket contributed to and written by under- 40 industry professionals. This issue is the 2022 Spring Edition.
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Live Action TrendLens User Sessions – Live from Bethesda!
Has Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) been affected by recent fluctuations in the price of gas? Last week we hosted our first “Office Hours” session for TrendLens users.
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Court Ruling in List 3 and 4A China Tariffs Litigation
U.S. Court of International Trade issues decision in China tariffs lawsuit, declining to vacate Lists 3 and 4A tariffs but requiring USTR to provide an explanation for imposing tariffs.