Dealer OPS & Leadership
Luxury Certified Pre-Owned Auto Sales Up in August
Certified pre-owned sales of luxury vehicles were up between 5% to 18% in August: Audi of America, Inc: Audi Certified pre-owned sales set an all-time record of 3,366 vehicles sold, amounting to the best August in Audi history, despite the reduced inventory of...
eBay Motors Revamps its Certified Pre-Owned Platform, Enhancing its Complementary Sales Channel for OEMs, Dealers
eBay Motors, the largest online marketplace for buying and selling all things automotive, has revamped its Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) platform to provide OEMs and dealers with an even more robust online sales channel to complement their brick-and-mortar dealerships....
Experian Automotive: Subprime auto loans in Q2 2012 exceeded prerecession levels
While subprime lending is on the rise, loans are balanced by lower loan-to-value ratios SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Experian Automotive today announced that loans to customers in the nonprime, subprime and deep-subprime risk tiers accounted for more than one in four new...
Turn Incoming Sales Calls Into More Appointments That Show With New Online Course From Joe Verde
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA – A new course offered on Joe Verde’s Training Network® (JVTN®) provides salespeople and managers in the automotive industry access to training on using the telephone more effectively to sell and build business in a dealership. This new...
ISI LubeSoft Software Gets Carfax QuickVIN Enhancement
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Integrated Services, Inc. (ISI), one of the leading point-of-sale software providers for the fast lube industry, has added Carfax® QuickVIN™ to its LubeSoft® software. Users can now retrieve the year/make/model and vehicle identification number (VIN)...
Hendrick Automotive Group to Offer SiriusXM in All Satellite Radio-Equipped Pre-Owned Vehicles
NEW YORK -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Hendrick Automotive Group today announced that customers purchasing any pre-owned vehicle with a factory-equipped satellite radio from any of the 84 Hendrick Automotive Group dealerships across the United States and...
Toyota Dominates New-Car Shopping Activity On Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com
IRVINE, Calif. -- The Toyota brand dominates new-car shopping activity on www.kbb.com when examining shopper loyalty and share-of-voice data from the past three years, according to Kelley Blue Book, the leading provider of new car and used car information. Since Q1...
The President of Gratis Technologies Discusses Putting the Customers Back in CRM
It’s a constant challenge: how can a dealer succeed in communicating with his/her previous clients while continuing to gain new ones, while utilizing the Internet? The first step is to understand the tools that are available such as CRM, website, and community and...
Founder of WomenCertified Details How to Sell Automotive Products to Women on the Internet
What really works online with women depends on a number of variables including: how she uses the Internet, if she’s a mom, her lifestyle and her shopping preferences. Delia Passi, CEO of Medelia Inc. and founder of WomenCertified, will teach you a new targeting...
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