Auto Retail News

Car shopping by smartphone poses challenges for dealers to innovate, from The Buffalo News. Billy Franklin recently bought a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban for $14,900 through eBay on his Android phone while eating dinner at a Red Lobster in Traverse City,

A trend in its infancy: A few new-car dealers now offer full line of property coverage, from Omaha.com. Most of the time, buying a car and buying insurance for your car or other property are separate transactions. But a few Midlands new-car dealers a

5 Things We Read This Week: February 9-13, from 3 Birds Marketing. Maximizing social media ROI, a Pinterest ‘Buy’ button, Chicago Auto Show trends, and more Pinterest Is Reportedly Planning To Launch A ‘Buy’ Button Early This Year (Search Eng

Subaru suing CA dealership for alleged false customer surveys, from autoblog. Whenever you buy a new car from a dealer these days or sometimes even go in for service, you can expect to fill out a customer satisfaction survey at some point down the ro

New Opportunities for Dealerships as Automobile Buyers Embrace Digital, from Wired. The world has entered the digital age, there is no doubt. More is being spent on internet advertising than ever before. Advertising reaches today’s consumers at eve

Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest online lease marketplace, compared truck inventory and consideration data from 2014 against 2012 and found that there has been a significant increase in the number of shoppers driving truck leases, and those

eOnWard Uses DataOne’s OEM Service Schedules to Increase Dealership Service Appointments and Revenue, from Virtual-Strategy Magazine. DataOne Software, a division of Dominion Dealer Solutions and a leading provider of automotive data and software s

The Four Buckets of Customers, from AutoPoint. We all have a myriad of contacts that we consciously (or subconsciously) place into separate categories in our relationships. These categories include family, close friends, business associates, colleagu

AutoHook Suite of Solutions Wins Automotive Website Award For Third Consecutive Year New York, NY— February 16, 2015 – HookLogic, the global leader in commerce search advertising and premium provider of lead-generating incentive solutions for