NEW YORK — The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in December, retreated in January. The Index now stands at 61.1 (1985=100), down from 64.8 in December. The Present Situation Index declined to 38.4 from 46.5. The

TORRANCE, Calif. – Following the teaser ad released in mid-January, and no longer able to keep the full spot contained, Lexus has unleashed “The Beast,” the company’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial, prior to Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Febru

IRVINE, Calif. — Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, today announces its newly formed relationship with Auction Genius, a Web-based software provider for auto dealers buying vehicles at auctio

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – –  AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), America’s largest automotive retailer,  reported 2011 fourth quarter adjusted net income from continuing operations of $71 million, or $0.51 per share, compared to net incom

Overland Park, Kan.:  NCM® Associates, the leading provider of 20 Group, retail operations consulting, dealership training and education, and Benchmark® analysis services to retail automotive dealers and managers, today announced it has been se

Far and away the longest standing and ongoing concern I have encountered in the decades of “Training from the Trenches,” are the way we (our industry), handle (or don’t) the indispensable, yet quickly changing, still dreaded…phones! I am refe

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar.com, the authority on new car pricing, trends and forecasting, today released its January 2012 sales and incentives forecast.  The forecast shows the following: For January 2012, new light vehicle sales in the

Last month in the December 2011 issue of Digital Dealer magazine, I wrote a column titled “Building Trust Online is an Entire Dealership Effort.” There is more that needs to be brought to light around this concept. The premise of the article was

IRVINE, Calif. — Dreams have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout history, and Kia Motors America (KMA) is tapping into the idea of dreams revealing true desires in a new 60-second commercial set to air during the fourth quarter of S