Auto dealers have two common strategies for obtaining inventory photos: in-house staff or outsourcing to professional photographers and lot service providers. Regardless of who takes the photos, ensuring consistent, high-quality images can be challen

A record number of electric vehicles (EV) were purchased in the U.S. last year. Kelley Blue Book reported 1,189,051 new electric vehicles (EVs) were put into service. For 2023, EV’s made up 7.6 percent of the market, up from 5.9 percent in 2022. In

Digital Dealer.com, a leading brand in the automotive industry has hired James Hickey as the new managing editor at Digital Dealer, a brand owned and operated by Emerald, the nation’s leading tradeshow company announced.   With a wealth of experi

Impel, the global leader in AI-powered customer lifecycle management and digital merchandising for the automotive industry, announced Jan. 10, 2024, the hiring of Lorie Sharp as Managing Director, Aftermarket. Sharp brings extensive leadership experi

Franchised dealerships continue to lose share to general repair shops, according to a study from Cox Automotive. The recent report–Under the Hood: Opportunities and Challenges in the Service Industry –found dealerships accounted for 30 percent o

This is going to start as grim, but it gets better. Aftermath, (which is the name of an actual ServiceMaster company), pioneered the field of performing crime scene services and trauma clean up. They coined this terminology, Aftermath, and developed

As a new year begins at dealerships across the U.S., Kerrigan Advisors sees a mixed bag for valuations of certain brands. The good news is for Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Porsche and Lexus multiples dealerships whose value are expected to increase. For th

As we come to the end of 2024, digitaldealer.com asked for the experts who contributed their knowledge to take both a look back at this year and what is ahead in 2025. This entry is from Todd Smith, CEO of QoreAI In today’s highly competitive a

Retail sales of new vehicles for December were expected to increase 13.1% from a year earlier to 1,169,000 units, according to a report from JD Power and Global Data last month. Comparing the same sales volume without adjusting for the number of sell