Dealer OPS & Leadership
U.S. Mobile Social Media Audience Grows 37% in the Past Year
RESTON, VA - comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, released results of a study on mobile social media usage based on data from its comScore MobiLens service, which showed that 72.2 million Americans accessed social networking sites or blogs on their...
Is Halloween Weekend the Best Time to Buy a Car?
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- This Halloween, don't be scared to walk into the dealership and take advantage of some frighteningly great deals available on 2011 and 2012 models that can save consumers more than 21 percent off a new car. TrueCar.com, the only transparent...
New guide offers blueprint for founding profitable auto sales business
ORLANDO, Fla. -- "Car Business 101" (ISBN 1463779488) by 20-year automotive sales veteran John A. DaRe, offers step-by-step instructions for founding a business, obtaining a dealer license, purchasing vehicles and reselling them. Since 1998, DaRe has helped thousands...
October New-Vehicle Retail Selling Rate Holding at a Higher Level
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — After a strong September, new-vehicle retail sales in October remain stable above a 10-million unit level, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which gathers real-time transaction data from more than 8,900 retail franchisees throughout...
Chrysler to Invest $165 Million to Add Body Shop to Mich. Assembly Plant
Auburn Hills, Mich. - Chrysler Group LLC announced that it will invest $165 million to add a new one million square-foot body shop to its Sterling Heights (Mich.) Assembly Plant. This follows an announcement in December 2010 that the Company would invest nearly $850...
Passport Auto Group Announces Opening of the New Collision Repair Center
MARLOW HEIGHTS, Md. -- Passport Auto Group announced that their brand new state of the art Collision Repair Center will open for business on October 24, 2011, featuring the same outstanding service you have come to expect from the Passport Automotive Group. The...
Play Ball! Customer Service is Much like Baseball
Sometimes it’s easier for people to understand something if you can relate it to a game or activity that is commonly known or played; in this case I like to compare our customer service business to the game of baseball since there are so many similarities. Don’t...
Ford Explorer Hits the 100,000-Sales Mark
DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 24, 2011 – America’s love affair with the Ford Explorer is stronger than ever with more than 100,000 Explorers sold this year – making it the fastest-growing midsize utility in the nation. “The Explorer continues to be one of the strongest...
GM Announces $325 Million Plant Investment in Michigan
WARREN, Mich. – General Motors said Friday it will invest $325 million in tools and equipment to support production of future electric vehicle components, creating or retaining 418 jobs. Timing for the project was not disclosed. The plant in suburban Detroit has 679...
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