Retailer bets on body shops — and wins

Dealer Ray Brandt says the body shop business, with about a 10 percent profit margin, is a hedge against declining profitability in the dealership business.

Urvaksh Karkaria

January 28, 2019 05:00 AM

In 1988, a young mechanic approached auto dealer Ray Brandt about converting a vacant building in a rough area near New Orleans into a body shop.

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