Dealer OPS & Leadership
Online Reputation Management with DealerRater’s Certified Dealer Program Helps Drive Showroom Traffic, Increase Sales at Certified Benz and Beemer
WALTHAM, Mass. -- DealerRater today announced that its Certified Dealer Program, which offers a full suite of online review-gathering and leveraging tools for car dealerships, has helped drive showroom traffic and boost sales by 20-25% at independent car dealer...
AutoNation Announces May 2012 Retail New Vehicle Unit Sales of 23,763
May 2012 retail new vehicle unit sales increased 45% versus May 2011 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), America's largest automotive retailer, announced that its retail new vehicle unit sales in May 2012, as reported to the applicable automotive...
Supercharge Bay Productivity with Shockwave
Shockwave is a new vehicle lift performance package from Rotary Lift, the world’s most trusted lift company for more than 80 years. Shockwave turns best-selling inground and two-post surface lifts into the world’s fastest lifts, providing higher technician...
America’s Car-Mart Reports Revenue Increase of 9.8%
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- America's Car-Mart, Inc. announced its operating results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2012. Highlights of fourth quarter operating results: Net income of $9.6 million ($.97 per diluted share) vs. $8.4 million ($.78 per diluted...
DMEautomotive’s MasterCall(SM) Bridges Lost Service Revenue Gap
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader, introduces MasterCall(SM) to solve a critical gap in customer relationship management that costs dealerships hundreds of thousands of dollars per year: missed...
Lessons Learned from the Corner Garage
Independent garages are not your enemy, and in many ways, are not even your competitors; fast lubes and tire stores aren’t, either. The customer-pay automotive maintenance and repair business is a $207 billion annual industry. Of that amount, $28.5 billion went to...
New Vehicle Customer Study Reveals Top Sources for Automotive Buying Decisions
Findings point to the importance of human interaction when purchasing a new car ST. LOUIS – Contrary to the growing belief that social media will soon replace traditional automotive dealerships, a recent Maritz Research New Vehicle Customer Study (NVCS), revealed that...
Consumer Reports Expert Weighs In On Proper Tire Inflation for National Tire Safety Awareness Week
June 3-9 Is Tire Safety Awareness Week with Kumho Tires Rolling Out Safety Tips -- RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – National Tire Safety Awareness Week begins Sunday, June 6, though transportation safety experts believe something as important as the four points of contact...
TrueCar.com: Three Manufacturers Have Record Transaction Prices
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- TrueCar.com, the authority on car pricing, trends and forecasts, estimated today that the average transaction price for light vehicles in the United States was $30,360 in May 2012, up $595 (2.0 percent) from May 2011 and up $57 (0.2 percent)...
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