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Kelley Blue Book Announces 2011 W3 Award Wins for Website and Video Car Review
IRVINE, Calif. -- Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used carinformation, announces two 2011 W3 Award wins. Kelley Blue Book's recently redesigned kbb.com and a 'Mercedes Benz SLS AMG' editorial video review received W3 Silver Award...
The Difference that Makes a Difference
My professional focus, on making every woman’s consumer experience as good as it can possibly be, gives me lots of opportunities to hear people’s opinion on the subject. I hear a lot from women on how some experience of theirs was miserable, and too infrequently how...
Interview with Burnsville Toyota
Burnsville Toyota is the 2011 Top Winner of the Digital Dealer Website Excellence Awards – scoring higher than 229 other dealerships and dealership groups nationwide. Co-sponsored by Dealer Communications and Dataium, LLC, this new awards competition recognizes...
11th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition Breaks New Ground
Record Crowds, Internationally Recognized Speakers, the Latest Digital Technology, New Award Series, New Dedicated Online Community for Show Attendees, and New Specialized Program Tracks More than 1,100 dealers and managers from franchised automotive dealers, in the...
Average Unique Visitors to Websites in October 2011: 3,732
According to a data from Dataium, the conversion rate of the average unique visitor to shopper was up 54% during the month of October 2011. This information is based on statistics for national automotive Internet behavior for October 2011. Below are a few key...
Ford Opens Reservations for 2012 Focus Electric
SEATTLE, WA. – Starting today, drivers that want to go completely gasoline-free will be able to configure the all-new 2012 Ford Focus Electric online at Ford.com and place their orders with a Certified Electric Vehicle (EV) dealer. 2012 Focus electric is Ford’s first...
Nissan Reports Net Revenues Were Up 1%
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., announced financial results for the first half of fiscal year 2011, ending March 31, 2012, as well as second-quarter performance. In the six months through September, net income after taxes totaled 183.4 billion yen (US $2.30 billion, euro 1.61...
Consumers Put Rearview Camera, Electronic Stability Control on List of Must-haves
DETROIT – General Motors recently announced that front-center airbags in its midsize crossovers--an industry first. With new innovations like this each model year, what safety features give the most bang for buck? The editors at shopautoweek.com took a look at what...
Polk Reports Significant Growth in New Commercial Vehicle Registrations
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- New commercial vehicle registrations (Gross Vehicle Weight 3-8) in the U.S. are set to reach 440,000 units for the 2011 calendar year, an increase of 17.6 percent over 2010 calendar year and a 33 percent uptick from 2009, according to Polk, the...
Allstate Brand Standard Auto Premiums Written Declined by 0.8%
NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- The Allstate Corporation reported financial results for the third quarter of 2011: The Allstate Corporation Consolidated Highlights Three months ended September 30, ($ in millions, except per share amounts and ratios) 2011 2010 % Change...
Consumer Reports Survey: Fewer Americans Feel Credit Card Companies Treat Them Unfairly, But Problems Persist
YONKERS, N.Y. -- New federal rules barring many abusive practices by credit-card issuers seem to be having an effect: Only 12 percent of Americans said their credit-card companies had generally treated them unfairly, according to Consumer Reports' nationwide survey,...
Eight Chrysler Group LLC Vehicles Take Home A Consumers Digest “Best Buy” for the 2012 Model Year
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Consumers Digest announced its annual automotive "Best Buys," and vehicles from Chrysler Group LLC received eight of them, more than doubling the number of "Best Buys" Chrysler Group vehicles received in 2010 and 2011. In the past year and a...
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