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Top 5 Ways to Increase Your Fixed Ops, from DealerSocket. When “fixed” means unchanging, it’s time to unfix the fixed. Unfix your Fixed Ops business; then, increase your Fixed Ops business! Fixed Operations can be the backbone of your business.

Dealerships Welcome Recall Work, Despite Downsides, from Wards Auto. Based on recent events, automotive recalls seem likely to join death and taxes as one of life’s inevitabilities. Through July of this year, 43 million vehicles in the U.S. have be

One-stop tool helps techs complete Toyota repairs, from Automotive News. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. has created collision-repair software that gives body shop technicians one-stop access to parts information, repair instructions and technical informat

I recently made the decision that I needed to further my education, as well as try to find something that I could bring to you that would narrow the gap between dealers to wholesale to independents profitability. When we look at the number of vehicle

I’ve been spending the past few days in budget and strategy sessions, planning for 2015. The work has brought me to a clear conclusion; Things aren’t going to get any easier for dealers next year and, in some cases, the challenging horizon may pr

The automotive retail industry has been abuzz in recent weeks after the announcement of Warren Buffett’s acquisition of the Van Tuyl Group, and the creation of Berkshire Hathaway Automotive Group. This acquisition has the industry talking about

The winter driving season is now upon us. This season brings many quality opportunities to build trust and increase visits with your customer base. There are a variety of personalized and automated messages you can send that will increase business an

It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago we had to rely on the desktop computer, and shortly before that the yellow pages and the phone book to find important business information. Today, two out of three consumers own at least one smart phon