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Contact Us
To comment on or submit an article, contact
Mary DellaValle at mdellavalle@babcox.com
For information on advertising, contact Jeff Stankard, Publisher at mailto:jstankard@babcox.com
For advertising specs, contact
Valli Pantuso at vpantuso@babcox.com
About Shop Owner
Owning a successful automotive repair shop requires more than just expertly fixing vehicles. It also takes knowing how to efficiently and effectively run your business.
Shop Owner, the newest custom magazine from Babcox Media, is designed to do just that by providing practical business solutions to boost profitability in this challenging business environment.
Shop Owner will focus on serving an exclusive audience of 30,000 select owners who manage and operate an independent repair facility, averaging eight bays and five or more technicians.
Each issue will deliver shop management-related editorial targeting the everyday issues of running an automotive repair shop. Topics will include financing and insurance, customer loyalty, shop productivity, recruiting qualified techs and managers, employee retention, training and
marketing.
About the Shop Owner team
 Jeff Stankard
Group Publisher
Jeff Stankard has been with Babcox since June 1999 and is responsible for Brake & Front End, ImportCar, Underhood Service, TechShop, Tomorrow’s Technician, Servicio Automotriz and Shop Owner magazines as well as the autocarepro:news e-newsletter. Prior to joining Babcox, Jeff spent 15 years with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
Jeff received his Bachelor of Science degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and his Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Akron.
 Mary DellaValle
Editor
The current editor of ImportCar and Shop Owner magazines, Mary DellaValle has been employed at Babcox for nearly 21 years, and has 23 years of automotive aftermarket magazine publishing experience.
As editor, her goal in overseeing ImportCar’s editorial content is to advance the magazine’s position as a respected source of technical information for servicing import vehicles.
Reaching beyond trade magazine publishing, Mary has served on the Auto International Association (AIA) Board of Directors since 2001. She has served as the AIA Secretary during this time, and also sits on various committees.
Mary graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from The University of Akron
 Tim Fritz
Managing Editor
Tim Fritz has been with Babcox since January 1990. In
addition to being the editor of autocarepro:news, Tim also serves as
Managing Editor on Babcox’s Shop Owner, Brake & Front End, and Tomorrow’s Technician magazines. Also, he is a Contributing Editor on Babcox’s TechShop — Equipment, Tools & Supplies magazine. Tim has a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Malone University in Canton, OH.
About Babcox
Quality has always been a hallmark of Babcox Media. For more than 80 years, our commitment to bringing our readers and advertisers the highest level of quality publications has never wavered and continues to expand each year. Babcox not only delivers nationally recognized, award-winning business-to-business magazines that cover virtually every aspect of the automotive aftermarket, but we also provide real-world solutions for even the most complex marketing communication issues.
Home to the industry’s most distinguished and respected magazines, Babcox is committed to journalistic integrity, influential reporting and superior design.
Each magazine is staffed by experienced, award-winning editors, writers and graphic designers – an extraordinary ensemble of talent unmatched by any other automotive aftermarket publishing company.
Every issue of our magazines features targeted, compelling articles, perceptive commentary and insightful analysis that reflect our intimate knowledge of the industry – the kind of focused information our readers expect and use every day.
Babcox magazines feature the industry’s highest level of circulation quality. Our BPA-audited titles are targeted to the key decision-makers within their specific business segment, and are subject to strict annual audits to verify that they hit the mark.
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