Auto Retail News

The Shop is now open for dealers at Ford and Lincoln. FordDirect, a joint venture between Ford dealers, Lincoln retailers and Ford Motor Company, announced Jan. 16 the launch of a new e-commerce platform for dealer solutions called The Shop. The comp

As we kick off 2024, we thought it’d be a great opportunity get the views of two digital marketing experts in automotive: SmartSites’ Alex Melen and Overfuel’s Alex Griffis. There were no shortage of events in 2023 for the automotive industry

While selling cars looks a bit different in a post-pandemic world, shifts in consumer behavior and advancements in technology have created new opportunities to enhance the customer experience and improve dealership process efficiency. Let’s take a

Auto dealers have two common strategies for obtaining inventory photos: in-house staff or outsourcing to professional photographers and lot service providers. Regardless of who takes the photos, ensuring consistent, high-quality images can be challen

A record number of electric vehicles (EV) were purchased in the U.S. last year. Kelley Blue Book reported 1,189,051 new electric vehicles (EVs) were put into service. For 2023, EV’s made up 7.6 percent of the market, up from 5.9 percent in 2022. In

Digital Dealer.com, a leading brand in the automotive industry has hired James Hickey as the new managing editor at Digital Dealer, a brand owned and operated by Emerald, the nation’s leading tradeshow company announced.   With a wealth of experi

Franchised dealerships continue to lose share to general repair shops, according to a study from Cox Automotive. The recent report–Under the Hood: Opportunities and Challenges in the Service Industry –found dealerships accounted for 30 percent o

This is going to start as grim, but it gets better. Aftermath, (which is the name of an actual ServiceMaster company), pioneered the field of performing crime scene services and trauma clean up. They coined this terminology, Aftermath, and developed

As a new year begins at dealerships across the U.S., Kerrigan Advisors sees a mixed bag for valuations of certain brands. The good news is for Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Porsche and Lexus multiples dealerships whose value are expected to increase. For th