NEW YORK — Total advertising expenditures in the third quarter of 2012 increased 7.1 percent from a year ago and finished the period at $34.5 billion, according to data released today by Kantar Media, the leading provider of strategic advertisi

NEW YORK — After nearly a year of steady gains, the Deloitte Consumer Spending Index (Index) fell in November due to a slowdown in the rise of new home prices and an accelerating decline in real wages.  The Index tracks consumer cash flow as

TROY, Mich. — The Suburban Collection has acquired the Fisker automotive franchise for Michigan.  The franchise was purchased from the Serra Automotive Group.  No purchase price was disclosed. “Fisker is a major player in the future dev

OAK BROOK, IL – vAuto Genius Labs announces plans to release AutoVisor, a solution to build confidence for dealers and customers in every used vehicle opportunity. AutoVisor will officially debut at the National Automobile Dealers Association confe

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Auto industry insiders, car buyers and other innovative thinkers are invited to register for Edmunds.com’s “Hack-O-Motive,” a two-day event that aims to re-imagine the car shopping experience by bringing tog

HONG KONG – Marking another significant step in its plan to further expand its presence in the premium automotive sector, Infiniti today announced details of a new nomenclature strategy to be applied to its complete product range beginning wit

According to a story from MediaPost.com, Millenial Media ad network data showed that automotive was the fastest-growing ad category in the third quarter of 2012. The story said ad spend in the automotive industry has been up 26%. Click here to read t

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