Auto Retail News

Last Mile: The New Frontier in the Retail Supply Chain, from Industry Week. If your supply chain strategy includes last-mile delivery, your success will begin with a review of how your inventory is deployed, postponed, configured and distributed acro

The Recall Crisis: To a Scared Customer, an Apology can go a Long Way, from Driving Sales. For many consumers, cars are a necessity. They rely on them to get to work so that they can feed their family. They take their children to soccer practice and

Ally Replaces Mitsubishi’s Captive Lender, from WardsAuto. Broadening an existing relationship, a new agreement brings all of Ally’s financial products and services to the automaker’s nearly 380 U.S. dealers. Ally Financial will become the pr

New F&I Solution for High-Mileage Vehicles, from Providers & Administrators. OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — Warranty Alternatives has announced the nationwide rollout of Universal Repair Coverage (URC), a new entire-vehicle coverage option for hi

Maximus Auto Group Releases App, Expanded Online Service, from F&I Showroom. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Maximus Auto Group (MAG) has announced the release of its new MyCar Mobile app for iPhone and Android, a new online claim-filing system and e-contrac

Try Before You Buy, from F&I Showroom. The father of the F&I menu is back, and he has a message for companies claiming to have developed the next big thing for F&I. We can all agree that the way customers react to various selling techniqu

Dealers missing out on digital F&I sales, study finds, from Automotive News. TAMPA — Dealerships could be losing out on F&I sales because of their traditional reluctance to introduce products to vehicle shoppers before they come into th

Improvements to F&I Process Yield Great Benefit, from Automotive Ventures. Over the past 15 years, there has been a lot of progress in helping consumers with the car shopping progress. But advancements have yet to come to help consumers with the

Dealerships Must Reinvent the Car Showroom, from Driving Sales. “How can the average salesperson at a BMW dealership be expected to educate shoppers on an increasingly complex number of choices and facilitate sales transactions all day long? They c