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One of the reasons why Sam Swope Honda World, located in Louisville, Kentucky, is so successful is because they don’t rest on sales methods that worked on yesterday’s consumers. Sam Swope is the No. 1 Honda store in Kentucky in sales, selling 65%

Segment Retention Volatility & Off-Lease Increases Will Accelerate Depreciation in 2015 LAWRENCEVILLE, GA (February 3, 2015) – Vehicle depreciation is expected to accelerate in 2015 as increased used-car supply and larger off-lease volumes pla

On Thursday, February 5, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) will announce this year’s “Greenest” and “Meanest” vehicles, along with environmental scorings of all model year 2015 cars and trucks.

What Can Your Dealership Learn from the Digital Trends of 2014?, from Dealer.com. Compared to desktop and tablet traffic, mobile traffic experienced the largest jump, a 41 percent page visits increase since 2013. The mobile usage increase didn’t st

An Argument for Personalization in 2015, from DealerRefresh. Okay, we get it. 2015 is the year of Customer Experience. But what is the first tangible step that a dealership can take toward not just better customer experience, but the sort of award wi

Dealers challenged by smartphone car buyers, from Detroit Free Press. Billy Franklin recently bought a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban for $14,900 through eBay on his Android phone while eating dinner at Red Lobster in Traverse City. The seller was in Brookl

What we measured: KPA continues to provide both Loss Control and compliance services to dealerships and related industries throughout the Country. In providing these services to over 5,000 business locations KPA has been able to gather data that prov

MINNEAPOLIS — (Feb. 2, 2015) — Star West Motorsports, part of the Pohlad-owned Carousel Motor Group, is adopting a new name that links it directly to the company’s automotive brands: Carousel Motorsports. “Our new name reflects the impor

Online Reputation Can Make or Break Your Business, from Grease Monkey Search. Back in the “good ole’ days,” a company’s reputation was dictated by spoken word of mouth. Friends and family told each other about a restaurant they enjoyed, an am