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 In

As the city of Houston and surrounding regions continue to cope with the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, I wanted to provide you with several updates and insight from Black Book, which is actively tracking any impact on the region’s automot

(Part 4 of a 4-part blog series on vehicle merchandising) In the past 3 blogs in this series, I’ve shared vehicle merchandising best practices for improving and increasing inventory exposure to online car shoppers. While following those best practi

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 In

In this Lot Party Quick Tip, Jasen Rice discusses the importance of tracking your “time to” numbers. Lotpop will provide the people and processes for automotive dealerships to be more successful in todays market. There are 100 times more

In my nearly 25 years in the car business – 15 of them in car sales – I’ve seen a lot of practices I don’t understand. Lately, I’ve noticed that many dealers who seemingly can’t do business without new-car locates will not do the same for

Dealers, WAKE UP! Seriously, it is time to wake up and take back control of our industry. Once again, we have hit a low point in the endless cycle of insanity. We have allowed too many “experts” tell us how our industry would work better if we

A recent survey of 334 used car dealers by Dealer Control shows that only 19% actually responded to lead forms that were filled out on their websites!   The survey was conducted by contacting used car dealers who are currently using a popular websit

According to an article posted on Ford Authority, Takata has taken a massive hit to the tune of a $1 billion settlement in the US, $25 million criminal fine, $125 million dollars to compensate victims and $850 million to compensate automakers. As a r