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Ever have a salesperson get you on the phone when you’re busy, only to infuriate you to a frazzle with “Isn’t it a beautiful day, Mr. Boldebook? I don’t want to take up a lot of your time, but I’m sure you would be interested in hearing abo

In the late 1990s major consolidation started in our industry. The consolidators were either public or going public. Wall Street wanted them to get big, fast. These companies did not just buy single stores; they bought whole groups and spent many mil

Alliance Enables Dealers To Generate Additional Trade-In Acquisitions Using Gift Card Incentives New York, NY – HookLogic and PureCars today announced the launch of a new product offering, PureCars TradeHook, designed to generate increased online c

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OAK BROOK, IL – AutoTrader.com and vAuto announce the integration of AutoTrader.com’s Trade-In Marketplace (TIM) into vAuto’s suite of inventory management tools. Integrating TIM with vAuto enables dealers to efficiently acquire more trade-ins

San Diego — Strategic Vision announces the results of its 2012 Total Quality Index™ (TQI) study. With the industry best of only 17% of owners reporting problems, Toyota Motor Sales corporation had the lowest reported problems, resulting in Strate

DETROIT – General Motors, which has a long history of crash test dummy design, is leading research on the potential for global auto industry use of a new dummy that would help automakers and safety experts better understand how crash victims are hu

Albany, NY — Auto/Mate Dealership Systems today announced it has relocated its headquarters from Clifton Park, New York to Albany, New York. The move is due to the company’s continued growth and need for a larger facility. Auto/Mate’s new a

MEDFORD, OR —  Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) announced this week it acquired Connell Chevrolet in Killeen, Texas. The store will be named All American Chevrolet of Killeen, and adds $60 million in estimated annual revenues. Bryan DeBoer, Pre