Sales & Variable OPS
Leading Automotive CRM DealerSocket Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnDemand Top 100 Winner
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. -- Leading auto dealer CRM DealerSocket (DealerSocket.com) announced today it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnDemand Top 100 winners. Inclusion in the OnDemand 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and...
TrueCar.com: April 2012 New Car Sales Anticipate Highest April SAAR Since 2007
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- TrueCar.com, the authority on new car pricing, trends and forecasting, today released its April 2012 sales and incentives forecast. The forecast shows the following: For April 2012, new light vehicle sales in the U.S. (including fleet) is...
Edmunds.com: Consumers Spend Only Half of Recommended Down Payment on New Car Purchases
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — U.S. consumers averaged an 11 percent down payment on new car purchases in 2011, according to Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information. The average is only slightly more than half of Edmunds.com's recommended 20...
New Start-Up Rewards Lease Customers for Returning Their Cars to Select Dealers
NEW YORK -- CashBackLease.com, a website dedicated to assisting franchised car dealers increase their pre-owned inventory, officially launched last month. The site offers BMW/Audi/Lexus lease customers a cash incentive for returning their leased vehicle to a...
AutoNation Reports All-Time Record Quarterly EPS from Continuing Operations
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- AutoNation, Inc., America's largest automotive retailer, has reported 2012 first quarter net income from continuing operations of $74 million, or $0.56 per share, compared to net income from continuing operations of $70 million, or $0.46 per...
Study: For Display Ads, Being Seen Matters More than Being Clicked
SAN FRANCISCO and RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, and Pretarget, the intent targeting company, today released results of an online advertising study which found that ad viewability and hover time are more strongly correlated with...
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Virtually Unchanged
NEW YORK -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had declined slightly in March, was virtually unchanged in April. The Index now stands at 69.2 (1985=100), down slightly from 69.5 in March. The Expectations Index declined to 81.1 from 82.5, while the...
Mobile Local Search Volume Will Surpass Desktop Local Search in 2015
CHANTILLY, Va. – Mobile local search volume will surpass desktop local search for the first time in 2015, according to BIA/Kelsey. By 2016, the firm expects mobile local search to exceed desktop local search by more than 27 billion annual queries. “Among the drivers...
FEX Announces Integration with TCN
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA -- Finance Express, the leading provider of web-based financial services and technology for independent auto dealerships, announced today that they have built an integration with TCN within their FEX DMS platform. TCN, a leader in hosted...
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