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DealerSocket is Red Herring 100 Global Award Winner, from Sys-Con Media. Red Herring has announced DealerSocket as a Red Herring 100 Global Award Winner. DealerSocket is known for their innovative product suite that they supply for automotive dealers

The high-tech dealership of tomorrow will be – surprisingly – more human, from Crain’s Detroit Business. In just one year, buyers went from spending an average of 60 percent of their time shopping online to 75 percent. Today’s con

Holiday Sales Come Early This Year, Even for Cars, from cars.com. If Santa Claus is on television roaming a garage filled with shiny Mercedes-Benz cars and SUVs then Christmas must be just around the corner, right? Not any longer. Just as retailers n

Setting the stage for a “huge” December, from Automotive News. Plenty of incentive money left after Nov. sales rise 5% Timely automaker Black Friday promotions and a strong economy drove U.S. auto sales higher in November. Look for more of the sa

Website Enhancements Aid Both Dealer and Customer, Says Strategist, from Wards Auto. David Winslow’s car-buying experience went pretty well, but not perfectly. He spotted some flaws. For example, he detected a disconnect between his online research

Holiday Discounts Drive November Auto Sales, from American International Automotive Dealers. Low gas prices and interest rates combined with clever Black Friday marketing at the end of the month to create the perfect storm of sales. Honda was up 4.9

Major Acquisitions Skyrocket U.S. Dealership Buy/Sell Activity – Up 89% Year-Over-Year, from Business Wire.   Acquisition activity soaring; Berkshire Hathaway acquisition of Van Tuyl and Lithia acquisition of DCH push pricing expectations to r

Womens-Drivers.com, the leading dealer ratings and review site for Women buyers, conducts ongoing research through our Women’s Satisfaction Index (WSI®) report to provide dealers with important insights into buying habits of women. Women-Drivers.c

Findings Show U.S. Auto and Truck Retailers Helping to Drive Economic Growth By Providing More Jobs, Above-Average Wages, Weekly Earnings Increases McLean, Va (December 3, 2014) – The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has unveiled its