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Richie Powell remembers a time when the autobody industry ran on hands-on, in-person operations and the internet was a brand-new, out-there concept. He began in collision nearly three decades ago helping his family run a repair shop; since then, he’s started two paintless dent repair companies and a training company, Coastal PDR.

AppLovin’s APP expanding presence within Shopify’s ecosystem could become the defining factor behind its anticipated e-commerce inflection in the second half of 2026. The opportunity extends beyond simply giving direct-to-consumer merchants another advertising channel. It could provide AppLovin with the transaction-level data needed to sharpen AXON’s ability to identify shoppers most likely to convert.

Alisha Bellezza, currently senior vice president for global automotive coatings and packaging coatings, has been appointed senior vice president of the Industrial Coatings segment. In her expanded role, she will retain responsibility for the global automotive coatings business whilst also overseeing industrial coatings, packaging coatings and specialty products. Juliane Hefel, senior vice president for industrial…