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Digital Dealer 12 Registration Now Open
The countdown has started to the 12th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition, April 3-5, at The Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando! Once again, we’re expecting a record turnout for this event, so sign up early to ensure your spot. The last conference in Las Vegas...
Vision is a When, not ‘If’ Mentality and It Shows
Far and away the longest standing and ongoing concern I have encountered in the decades of “Training from the Trenches,” are the way we (our industry), handle (or don’t) the indispensable, yet quickly changing, still dreaded…phones! I am referring to both inbound and...
January New-Vehicle Retail Sales Show Continued Strength from Robust 2011 Close
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- New-vehicle retail sales performance in January is abating fears of any reversal from the strong close to 2011, according to a monthly sales forecast developed by J.D. Power and Associates Power Information Network® (PIN) and LMC...
TrueCar.com: Industry Average Incentive Spending Expected to be Up
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- TrueCar.com, the authority on new car pricing, trends and forecasting, today released its January 2012 sales and incentives forecast. The forecast shows the following: For January 2012, new light vehicle sales in the U.S. (including fleet) is...
Nissan Advances to Become No. 2 Asian Brand in America in 2011
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Nissan Americas reported record sales of 1,561,230 in 2011 calendar year for Nissan and Infiniti brand vehicles throughout the region encompassing North, Central and South America – a record year in both market share and volume for Japan’s second...
Mudd Advertising to Announce New Products at NADA
Cedar Falls, Iowa – They say good things come in threes, and for Mudd Advertising, this won’t be more evident than at the company’s booth during the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention and Expo Feb. 3-6. “We’ve had long-term goals all come together at...
Hyundai Village of Danvers has the highest rated automobile Facebook page as ranked by facebook.grader.com.
Automobile dealerships are not usually known for their social media savvy, but that’s not the case for social media guru Hyundai Village of Danvers! As rated by facebook.grader.com, Hyundai Village of Danvers is the highest-rated Facebook page among automobile...
Building Trust Online is an Entire Dealership Effort, Part Two
Last month in the December 2011 issue of Digital Dealer magazine, I wrote a column titled “Building Trust Online is an Entire Dealership Effort.” There is more that needs to be brought to light around this concept. The premise of the article was twofold. First, the...
Survey Finds Americans See Less Difference Between Car Brands in the Marketplace
YONKERS, N.Y. -- The difference perceived by American consumer between the top car brands and the challengers is shrinking, according to the findings of the 2012 Car-Brand Perception Survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. Toyota, Ford,...
Dealers United Heads to NADA with Member Numbers Greater than All Public MegaDealer Groups Combined
Sarasota. FLA - Dealers United, the first service to truly leverage the buying power of privately-owned dealerships, today announced they represent more rooftops than all of the publicly-traded MegaDealer groups combined. In addition to announcing the staggering...
Kia Motors Announces Super Bowl Commercial Plans
IRVINE, Calif. — Dreams have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout history, and Kia Motors America (KMA) is tapping into the idea of dreams revealing true desires in a new 60-second commercial set to air during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVI. In...
NADA: Expensive Fuel Economy Proposal Will Price More Than 7 Million Consumers Out of New-car Market
SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) said this week that more than 7 million Americans would no longer be able to afford to buy a new car or truck in 2025 if the most expensive fuel economy rule ever proposed goes into effect. The...
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