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CDK Launches SimplePay: Fast, Efficient Payments for Consumers, Greater Efficiency for Dealerships

Embedded, cloud-based solution simplifies payments and enhances customer experience AUSTIN, Texas — (BUSINESS WIRE) — CDK, the leading…

Press Releases August 5
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Generative AI and the Dealership: How GPT Tools Are Changing Expectations from the Lot to the Bay

The automotive dealership model is facing yet another modernization opportunity—this time driven by artificial intelligence, specifically generative AI…

Leadership August 5
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Leadership Has Changed — Is Your Dealership Positioned for Growth?

Are you preparing your dealership for future growth and succession—or just preserving the past? As successors step into…

Leadership August 4
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Amazon Autos Expands to Include Used and Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles

Amazon Autos is widening its reach in the automotive market with the launch of used and certified pre-owned…

Dealer News August 4
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Beyond the Bereavement: How Dealerships Can Unlock Life Insurance’s ‘Living Benefits’

In today’s workplace, supporting employee well-being requires more than reactive benefits and one-size-fits-all coverage. With financial stress on…

Leadership August 1
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Own the Tires, Own the Future: How Dealerships Can Shield Their Profits Through Tire and Alignment Strategies

A Lesson That Stuck with Me In 2012, I was working with David Lewis and Associates, an automotive…

Leadership July 31
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EV Drivers will Pay More for Convenience: Study

Convenience and reliability are now nearly as important to EV owners as charging speed. According to a recent…

Dealer News July 31
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New-Vehicle Customer Satisfaction is at an All Time High: J.D. Power

Despite all the twists and turns that 2025 has thrown at the auto industry, it appears that those…

Dealer News July 29
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Driving Dealer Success with Better Data

Behind all the shiny layers of the modern digital landscape, customer data is currency. And nowhere is it…

Marketing July 29