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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Aug. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Westlake Financial Services (“Westlake”) and CARite today announced a strategic partnership to offer financing, dealer support and other services across CARite’s growing nationwide

Frankly speaking, when and if the selling of cars via social media gets real traction it will be primarily through Facebook. Having run several successful consumer goods “mega-campaigns” on Facebook, I’ve seen first-hand the power of that plat

Chrome Data, the leading provider of vehicle merchandising solutions, images and incentives today announced the launch of Colorized 360°, a new vehicle walk-around product designed to engage customers and drive more sales. Using Chrome Data’s indu

(Part 2 of a 4-piece blog series on vehicle merchandising) Continuing this vehicle merchandising best-practices series, I would like to discuss how to display your inventory online to its best advantage. As the old saying goes, “You never have a se

Perhaps, the most important aspect of any business is customer service. In fact, it doesn’t matter what type of business you run, if you don’t have an efficient, excellent or dedicated customer service then you are teetering on the edge of disast

WAYNE, PA., August 9, 2017 – MaximTrak Technologies, the international finance and insurance (F&I) platform provider, announced today that Chevrolet-Buick-GMC and Cadillac (CBGC) Protection, General Motors’ Protection coverage group, has sele

In the early days of internet lead departments, BDC representatives held the ultimate leverage: knowledge. Dealership websites presented far less information than they do now. Third-party sites had not yet taken off. Customers could browse and submit

According to a study by The Nielsen Company, 74 percent of consumers turn to review sites to find a local business to spend their money with. The same study found that people were overwhelmingly using Yelp as their review site of choice. As an auto d

A recent article titled Is Your Dealership Taking Advantage of AI? in Dealer magazine asked the important question, ‘Is your dealership taking advantage of AI?’ The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence has everyone talking, but what does th