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“These Are A Few Of My Unfavorite Things”
(Sing with me here…) “Gossip and taxes and unpleasant divorces, Pulling of wisdom teeth, with chronic hoarseness, Lawyers and penalties which costs money and stings, These are a few of my unfavorite things.” Speaking of unpleasantries, here’s another dreaded phrase...
Digital Custom Forms from Rapid Recon Simplifies Dealership Life
KNOXVILLE, TN, April 8, 2024 – Custom Forms, a new complimentary feature for users of Rapid Recon T2L™ used car reconditioning workflow software is designed to help auto dealers personalize, customize, and digitize the many forms used in fixed and variable operations....
Presidio Report: Dealers Coming to Grips with Post-Pandemic Business
The Great Normalization is well underway and accelerating for certain brands in the automotive sector. That is one of the main takeaways from the recently release of “Presidio Perspectives: A Quarterly Outlook on Auto Retail and M&A Trends” for the last quarter of...
Finnish K.Hartwall and their Australian Distribution Partner, Retailquip, Join Forces
K.Hartwall, a family-owned and global leading provider of intralogistics solutions, announces the acquisition of the Australian company Retailquip. This marks a significant milestone in K.Hartwall's strategic growth plan to strengthen its presence in Australia and...
Emerald Welcomes New Conference Producer to Digital Dealer Team
Digital Dealer has hired Elise Wyatt as its new conference producer at Digital Dealer, a brand owned and operated by Emerald, the nation’s leading tradeshow company announced. With a wealth of experience and a deep track record in both conferences and brand...
Canatu, DENSO Make a Breakthrough in Carbon Nanotube Mass Production for ADAS
Canatu and DENSO have started up their new, jointly developed carbon nanotube reactor at the Canatu factory in Finland. The new high-performance reactor was developed to scale-up carbon nanotube film manufacturing to meet increasing demand to address global ADAS...
Handling The Trade: Double Sales Appointments by Talking about the Trade-In
Picture this: It’s training day at a high-volume Toyota dealership somewhere in the U.S. and Michael and I are training a team of 60 salespeople. It’s a mixed bag; some vets, some newbies, lots of in-betweeners and COVID babies. I'm discussing how to handle the...
Brandt Auto Group Completes Breakup After Gayle Benson Withdraws Compliant
After a complaint by Gayle Benson with the state of Louisiana was withdrawn, the breakup of the Ray Brandt Auto Group is complete. The deals closes a four year legal battle between Ray Brandt’s widow Jessica and his grandchildren over an estimated $280 million, an...
Auto Industry Survey Shows Improvements in Leveraging Automation, AI For Lenders
While they are still trying to understand all of its benefits, auto finance leaders are beginning to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their daily workflow. Informed.IQ, a developer of AI-based software that verifies, streamlines and optimizes loan...
Dealer Magazine: How to be Profitable During the Collapse of Western Civilization
The banks are tightening up, your near-prime and subprime sources have all but dried up. Interest rates are still high. You were so proud of yourself last year when you knocked that deal out of the ballpark with $10,000 over MSRP with 84 months financing. Of course...
Tire Industry Drives Digital ID Standards
This story was original published at RFIDJournal.com. Legislation in Europe is focusing on sustainability and tracking how products are made, used and recycled. One mammoth group paying close attention is the tire industry. With 1.2 billion tires in use today, 70...
Dealers Bracing for Disruption at Port of Baltimore
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to note the opening of temporary channels at the port The Port of Baltimore is the busiest in America for shipments of cars. And the deadly accident that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge will have a ripple affect...
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