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LOS ANGELES Mobile car repair and maintenance service provide RepairSmith Inc. is partnering with CarAdvise L.L.C., an online marketplace for vehicle maintenance and repair, whose members will now have access to RepairSmith s at-home services.
CarAdvise members can schedule appointments, approve and pay for services, and view their service history online. Under the RepairSmith partnership, CarAdvise members will have access to at-home vehicle service for the first time. CarAdvise is very excited to expand our network offering mobile mechanics through RepairSmith, CarAdvise Founder and CEO Greg Tepas said. We believe in offering our members freedom of choice to service and repair their vehicles based on what s important to them including price, convenience, or other factors. Offering the ability to come to our customers with a mobile mechanic is a part of our strategy, and we look forward to expanding with RepairSmith as they grow in new markets.
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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. Icahn Automotive reduced its operating loss nearly 44% in fiscal 2020 to $45 million despite a 14.1% drop in sales, according to fiscal 2020 figures released by Icahn Enterprises L.P.
Sales for Icahn Automotive primarily the results of the Pep Boys auto service chain fell to $2.48 billion. The net result was a loss of $198 million, essentially unchanged versus fiscal 2019.
In the fourth quarter, Icahn Automotive cut its operating loss 90% to $3 million on 18% lower sales of $596 million.
Icahn attributed its earnings improvement to a number of initiatives, including an accelerated program to close underperforming parts stores and reduced spending in several areas.
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CHICAGO CarAdvise L.L.C., an online vehicle maintenance and repair marketplace platform, has added a tire shopping component to the platform s range of services.
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CarAdvise platform, which was launched in 2015, is designed to allow customers to compare prices for maintenance services at thousands of shops throughout North America.
With this added component, CarAdvise members can search numerous configurations of tires sorting by weather, summer, all-season and winter tires, or by price, or many other sorting styles, the Chicago-based company said. CarAdvise is constantly driving forward, continually innovating, and creating new features that will benefit our 500,000+ members, Greg Tepas, founder and CEO, said.