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Social Listening & Quick Action = Video Marketing Gold!

All too often marketers find themselves with writer’s block, if you will, when it comes to new ideas. Short of spending a ton of money for an ad agency, businesses can still find opportunities to insert themselves into trending stories for little m
Dec 7, 2017

Used Car Market Insights: Highest Depreciation for Compact Cars in 26 Weeks

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I
Dec 5, 2017

BLACK BOOK USED VEHICLE RETENTION INDEX CLOSING OUT FINAL MONTHS OF 2017 WITH CONTINUED STRENGTH

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA (December 5, 2017) – Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, released its Used Vehicle Retention Index for November, with the Ind
Dec 5, 2017

Used Car Market Insights: Sporty Car and Compact Van Depreciation Increases

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I
Nov 28, 2017

Used Car Market Insights: Record Weekly Decline for 2017

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I
Nov 21, 2017

Making the Case for Texting Consumer Recall Notices

Technology has made a huge impact upon our modern society. In the past, standard postal mail and phone calls were sufficient means of communication. However, as people are increasingly inundated with junk mail and persistent telemarketer calls, their
Nov 21, 2017

Hurricane Winds Create Windfall for Car Dealers

Along with 180 mph winds, flood damage, home destruction, and disease, Hurricane’s Harvey and Irma were also the cause behind the effect of a very large increase in car sales. It’s estimated that nearly one million cars were totaled during the tw
Nov 16, 2017

Used Car Market Insights: Overall Normal Depreciation for November

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I
Nov 14, 2017

BLACK BOOK DATA SHOWS LUXURY AND SPORTY CARS SEGMENTS INCREASING IN DEPRECIATION ENTERING NOVEMBER

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (November 14, 2017) – According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2012-2016 depreciated in value by -1.4% during October. Cars overall dropped -1.8% and trucks decreased -1.1% in value duri
Nov 14, 2017