Auto Retail News

Sarasota, FLA – Dealers United, the first service to truly leverage the buying power of privately-owned dealerships, today announced the first “vendor deal” selected by their member group: Search Engine Optimization. Dealers United invites

Mercedes-Benz (MBUSA) sent its dealers a proposed new Passenger Car Dealer Agreement, Light Duty Truck Dealer Agreement and Commercial Vehicle Dealer Agreement to be effective January 1, 2012. It is very important that dealers understand the changes

ATLANTA – In response to strong sales performance and improved efficiencies, Sonic Automotive, one of the nation’s top three auto retailers, extended its two-year exclusive agreement with Manheim (www.manheim.com). Going forward, as a result

It isn’t exactly news that women are the more social gender. Sure, men like to get together, with and without women, to talk about their favorite subjects, of which car talk is usually a popular one. But women are naturally more social, and now it

IRVINE, Calif. — Kelley Blue Book, www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new and used vehicle information, today announces that its president, Paul Johnson, has resigned from his position effective immediately.  Johnson will become a strategic

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Penske Automotive Group, Inc. announced this week that fourth quarter 2011 income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders increased 22% to $42.5 million and related earnings per share increased 2

Jim Flint, corporate director of interactive sales and marketing for the John Eagle Dealerships, is sharing with automotive dealers and managers his expertise on how to prioritize digital ad spend. As dealerships look at automotive advertising budget

RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, recently released the 2012 U.S. Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, digital advertisin

According to a data from Dataium, the conversion rate of the average unique visitor to shopper was up 56% during the month of January 2012. This information is based on statistics for national automotive Internet behavior for January 2012. Below are