Let me just give you some of the "buzz" I caught while walking the floor and spending time with folks at the National Association of Collision Experts (NACE.) 

·        A tough collision market.  Accidents are up.  But overall collision repair shop business is down, and shops are struggling. Many industry participants indicated insurance companies were declaring more vehicles totaled.

·        Keystone and LKQ likely gaining share.  I found the difficult industry environment interesting since Keystone and LKQ's underlying (organic) sales trends have been really strong.  Suggesting market share gains by these two newly merge ...

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