Google and Facebook, Watch Out! There’s someone approaching in the rear-view mirror, and it’s Amazon. Don’t worry about Amazon pursuing automotive retail–think expensive land and expensive cattle (aka cars). As far as the desire to pursue

Service departments account for and absorb most of a dealership’s losses in sales and fixed expenses. That is not going away anytime soon. With new car front-end grosses declining, most dealerships will increasingly rely on service business to, wel

According to an interesting study by Forrester Research, many businesses fail to communicate in a way that enhances and solidifies the business-customer relationship. The same can be said for some dealerships. The study found that the most critical w

This week's #HardFacts is live from Google HQ in #NYC. Samantha chats with Google team members about what it means to be a #Google Partner. She also gives some strategies

Replaces Black Book Digital as Flagship Mobile App LAWRENCEVILLE, GA (February 11, 2019) – Black Book, a division of Hearst that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, announced today new enhanc

Bill Wittenmyer shares why retail automotive staff should take steps to ensure that they don’t get afflicted with this disease in this week’s episode of Witt’s Wise Words.

Iselin, NJ, February 11, 2018 — Darwin Automotive, a leading F&I software provider for the automotive industry, today announced that Allstate Dealer Services is now a Preferred Partner for Darwin’s core F&I menu, as well as

Budget vehicles will be available for rent at select Orlando, Fla. locations PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Budget Truck Rental today announced a new partnership with Fetch, the self-service truck startup, which makes&n

As the automotive marketing industry grows and becomes more and more competitive, we (as an industry) have to take a step back and examine how we’re approaching our monthly goals and sales objectives.  The idea of “hustle hustle hustle,