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Far and away the longest standing and ongoing concern I have encountered in the decades of “Training from the Trenches,” are the way we (our industry), handle (or don’t) the indispensable, yet quickly changing, still dreaded…phones! I am refe

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — New-vehicle retail sales performance in January is abating fears of any reversal from the strong close to 2011, according to a monthly sales forecast developed by J.D. Power and Associates Power Information Network®

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar.com, the authority on new car pricing, trends and forecasting, today released its January 2012 sales and incentives forecast.  The forecast shows the following: For January 2012, new light vehicle sales in the

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Nissan Americas reported record sales of 1,561,230 in 2011 calendar year for Nissan and Infiniti brand vehicles throughout the region encompassing North, Central and South America – a record year in both market share and vo

Cedar Falls, Iowa – They say good things come in threes, and for Mudd Advertising, this won’t be more evident than at the company’s booth during the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention and Expo Feb. 3-6. “We’ve had long-term

Automobile dealerships are not usually known for their social media savvy, but that’s not the case for social media guru Hyundai Village of Danvers!  As rated by facebook.grader.com, Hyundai Village of Danvers is the highest-rated Facebook page am

Last month in the December 2011 issue of Digital Dealer magazine, I wrote a column titled “Building Trust Online is an Entire Dealership Effort.” There is more that needs to be brought to light around this concept. The premise of the article was

YONKERS, N.Y. — The difference perceived by American consumer between the top car brands and the challengers is shrinking, according to the findings of the 2012 Car-Brand Perception Survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Ce

Sarasota. FLA – Dealers United, the first service to truly leverage the buying power of privately-owned dealerships, today announced they represent more rooftops than all of the publicly-traded MegaDealer groups combined. In addition to announc