How you source supplies affects whether you make money As discussed last month, a centralized purchasing function can yield significant benefits to your organization including: Reduced costs and improved profitability Improved control and coordinatio

As many others, I was deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Bob Tasca Sr. this past January at the age of 83. I was shocked when I read Bob was 83 because the ad company I founded, CBC, worked with the Tascas when he was 56 years old. At that time

If you don’t it will be like an orchestra without a conductor Vehicle headlights only illuminate the road ahead for about 200 feet but you can, even with this limited vision, go from Maine to Florida in these incremental steps if you are willing to

Last year we saw things that were previously unimaginable. OEM bankruptcies, franchise terminations, and many more dealers that just went out of business because they couldn’t survive the economic challenges. Automotive financing, both retail and w

Creative merchandising of inventory improves sale chances We’re well into the first quarter, but it’s never too late to tweak our annual goals. At the very least we all can use a reminder of the basics that got us to where we are today. Think bac

NADA stands for the National Automobile Dealers Association, and the key word here is ???association.??? It means ???together.??? It means we all come together in a united front to face the challenges of our industry???and they continue to be many. L

Modern Automotive Group’s story, to be frank, isn’t really all that modern. That’s because the group’s original store dates back before the days of the Great Depression. The Chevrolet store – one of two in Winston-Salem, NC, was going out o

By now, almost everyone recognizes the importance of pricing vehicles competitively. Almost every shopper has checked the Internet before they burn their $3 per gallon gasoline and valuable time and venture out into the marketplace. Unless your deale

Sometimes we get so caught up in our own world we lose sight of what others in similar, but still different industries have to cope with. Choices, choices, choices?? I can’t recall how many times I’ve visited with a parts manager and hear