Sales & Variable OPS
Ford Overtakes Hyundai in TrueCar’s March 2012 Grades for Manufacturers and Brands
Ford, Hyundai, and Jaguar / Land Rover Receive Top Grades by Manufacturer; Mazda, Suzuki, Honda, and Volvo With the Lowest Grades SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- TrueCar.com, the authority in new car pricing, trends and forecasting released its Performance Scorecards for...
U.S. Clean Diesel Auto Sales Increase 35% in 1st Quarter of 2012
WASHINGTON -- Clean diesel automobile sales in the United States increased an impressive 35 percent during the first quarter of 2012 continuing the strong gains in diesel car purchases in 2011, according to new sales information compiled by HybridCars.Com and Baum and...
Mitsubishi Motors Announces New “Temp Drive” Campaign
Cypress, California - Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) this week announced its "Temp Drive" marketing campaign, which will give a few fortunate consumers the opportunity to take a break from work and spend an entire day test driving a new 2012 Outlander...
Taking Her Call
Selling to women over the phone, an essential part of the dealer equation these days, presents many opportunities for a salesperson to show the kind of people skills that will make the deal go smoothly and rapidly. And if you do it right, it can result in referrals...
NCM® Associates and Clients to Participate in Several Education Programs at the 2012 NABD Dealer Academy and Conference for Buy Here, Pay Here
Overland Park, Kan. ― NCM Associates is once again sponsoring the NABD Dealer Academy and Conference for Buy Here, Pay Here (BHPH). Sponsorship of the annual event and participation in the education tracks is a strategic fit for NCM Associates, which offers a number...
Assess and Reduce Spend Management Risk in 2012
Businesses are faced with varying forms of risk everyday. We take steps to mitigate that risk using a number of tools at our disposal including experts such as accountants, lawyers and the like. We take steps to mitigate risk through processes, policies, controls, and...
Allocation – Where Have all the Vehicles Gone?
Depending upon the side of the transaction you are on, the intense demand for vehicles by the consuming public can be a very good or very bad situation. The transaction I am referring to is not the one between the dealer and consumer, but between the manufacturer and...
IMN Social Driver Launches to Enhance Automotive Dealers’ Online Marketing Strategies
WALTHAM, Mass. -- IMN, the digital marketing company that delivers branded newsletters and content for vertical markets, today announced the launch of IMN Social Driver™. This fully managed service extends IMN’s automotive industry intelligence and content publishing...
Auto Shoppers Remain Strong In March, Continued Strong Auto Sales to Follow
Nashville, TN — Dataium, the largest aggregator of online automotive shopper behavior, today released its monthly ASI report. The ASI (Automotive Shopper Intensity) index, a leading predictive indicator of automotive retail sales showed that March was a great month...
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