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AutoAlert, Inc.’s ‘Pattern-Interrupt’ Sales Strategy Helping Fletcher Jones Motorcars Sell an Extra 100 units or More a Month to its Existing Customers
IRVINE, CA –Fletcher Jones Motorcars is the top-selling Mercedes Benz dealer in the nation. In a typical month, it retails 600 units or more. Up to 20 percent of those sales every month are to existing customers, enabling the Newport Beach, CA dealership to take in...
Edmunds.com Promotes Executives in Company Reorganization
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, announced that it has promoted three of its long-standing executives. Effective immediately, Jeremy Anwyl is Vice Chairman of the company, stepping up from the Chief Executive...
Private auto dealers’ sales cruising
A story from Mary Ellen Biery, Research Specialist, Sageworks Inc. said auto sales should keep on trucking into 2012, according to some industry experts. And that’s good news for privately owned auto dealers, which are in their second year of double-digit sales...
Contact At Once! Announces SMS Text Feature to Improve Response Rates for Automotive Advertising
ALPHARETTA, GA. – Contact At Once!, the leading dealer chat provider to the automotive industry, today announced the beta release of a new SMS text-to-chat feature for automotive advertising. Delivered as an extension to the Contact At Once! chat solution already in...
Experian Automotive launches AutoCheck® Mobile for ConsumerSM on Android and iPhone
New mobile application provides used car buyers with access to AutoCheck® vehicle history reports when and where they need it most Schaumburg, Ill., Dec. 13, 2011 — Experian Automotive today launched AutoCheck® Mobile for ConsumerSM, a new application providing used...
Sales Rise 4% for Area Dealers
A story from The Business Journal Daily, out of Youngstown, Ohio said auto sales at local auto dealers are up 4% over last year. The story said this was much better than sales last year of 1,752 new cars and trucks.
Dealers Invest in Building Upgrades
Three dealers in the metro-Milwaukee area have decided to start upgrading their dealerships with new renovations, a story from the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel said. According to the story, these new dealership makeovers are part of a trend in modernizing U.S....
Dominion Dealer Solutions Announces Realignment of Businesses, Products and People
Norfolk, VA – Dominion Dealer Solutions, an industry leader in automotive technology and services and a division of Dominion Enterprises, announced today the reorganization and unification of its businesses and products. These changes, as reported by Robert Berndt,...
Mazda Dealers Conquer Thunderhill 25 Hour Race
IRVINE, Calif. -- As part of the longest sanctioned road-race in North America, the National Auto Sport Association (NASA)'s 25 Hours of Thunderhill, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) entered a Mazda MX-5 Miata prepared to SCCA Pro Racing Playboy MX-5 Cup...
Ford F-150 Is Motor Trend’s 2012 Truck of the Year
DEARBORN, Mich. -- The 2012 Ford F-150, which established a new standard for full-size pickups with best-in-class fuel efficiency and capability, today was named Motor Trend's 2012 Truck of the Year®. 2012 Ford F-150 has been awarded the prestigious Motor Trend Truck...
Auto/Mate Completes Integration of its Dealership Management System (DMS) with Subaru of America
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced that it has completed integration of its dealership management system, Automotive Management Productivity Suite (AMPS), with Subaru of America, Inc.’s (SoA) dealer communications system. Subaru dealers using...
Mercedes-Benz of Santa Rosa Increases Monthly Parts/Labor Sales by over $100,000 With Consistent Approach to Vehicle Inspections
Las Vegas, NV –MPi, the pioneer and leader in vehicle inspection tools, service workflow expertise, and consulting for automotive dealership service centers, today announced that Mercedes-Benz of Santa Rosa has increased overall numbers in the service department by...
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