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Participating dealers can now use iMR matching funds for customer journey service marketing programs; Service CSI and notification programs eligible for iMR Parts dollars DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — DMEautomotive (DMEa), the industry leader in scien

ARLINGTON, Texas — SFG Finance LLC, a purchaser of auto paper from BHPH dealers, new car franchise dealers, finance companies, banks and credit unions, today announced that it has named Stuart Levin as Business Development Manager.  In this positi

Dataium ASI Rebounds, Buying Cycle Lengthens Nashville, TN — Dataium, the largest aggregator of online automotive shopper behavior, today released its monthly ASI report. The ASI (Automotive Shopper Intensity) index, a leading predictive indicator

It’s no secret that dealership website leads close higher than most other lead sources. While most of us accept it as fact, we rarely take the time to consider why that may be. We’ve all heard the rhetoric about some independent auto shopping web

DETROIT – Chevrolet this week announced that it is entering into a four-year agreement with Liverpool Football Club to become its Official Automotive Partner. U.S.-based brand has four-year sponsorship with Barclays Premier League club Chevy Become

DEARBORN, Mich. — Second quarter pre-tax operating profit was $1.8 billion, or 30 cents per share, a decrease of $1 billion from second quarter 2011. Ford has now posted a pre-tax operating profit for 12 consecutive quarters Second quarter net

DealerSocket Continues to Innovate, Leading Auto Dealers to Higher Profitability  SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — DealerSocket, the leading CRM solution for the automotive industry, has released DataRefresh, a powerful new data validation and append s

Local marketing has been a focus since the days of the first phone book. But, with the ever-changing landscape and with so many options on the web and mobile, has your marketing lost its focus? Last year dealers and managers were trying to make sure

GroupM Revises Global Ad Spending Forecast to 5.1% Growth NEW YORK—An uncertain economy in both Europe and the U.S. has led GroupM to project a 5.1 percent increase in 2012 global advertising spending in measured media to $506.3 billion, down from