Auto Retail News

ABS Auctions provides some insight from Manheim’s economist Tom Webb. Used retail sales trends, while occasionally dipping, are slowly rising year over year and have moved 12% ahead of other industries. Available financing, less fear of the mar

Jenn Herman provides customer insight on the experience available in the used department. Re-working your sales team to be less pushy and more professional is an obvious tactic that improves customer relations, and can be employed in social media as

Manheim’s Used Vehicle Value index reflects on the drop in sales in March, 2013. Lease support has grown, as have dealer auction sales. A full outline of selective markets and price changes is available in the report below: View the PDF on Manh

From Energy Exchange, sources recognize an interesting trend that runs contrary to current administration preferences. The Obama administration’s firm stance against fuel-inefficient vehicles, now defined as any car running under 41.7 mpg, seem

NADA’s blog provides insight on regional popularity for sleeper tractors and trucks. Values placed on trucks by region reveal that California, the Mountain region and Desert Southwest are most popular for used truck sales. View the graph and mo

RICHMOND, Va. – CarMax, Inc. (NYSE:KMX) today reported record results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2013. “We believe our long-term focus on developing associates, enhancing the customer experience, driving efficie

Today, Dealer-Communications CEO and President Michael Roscoe was featured on CBT news. He provides an in-depth look at the 14th Digital Dealer Conference and Exposition, and explains what it can offer to dealers, managers, and other dealership sales

From GM and SAS Global Forum, vehicle retail forecasting demand and inventory management system usage can be modeled from the following study. With Shanghai as a market segment, follow the model to apply data from from inventory management systems to

FMCSA Security Bulletin # 032813.01 This bulletin is for use by FMCSA Industry, Government, and Law Enforcement Partners. Another round of fraudulent USDOT Letters dated March 12, 2013 are being distributed, largely by fax, to motor carrier officials