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Expand Service Department Reach & Volume with Customer Convenience, Transparency & Feedback
Many businesses focus on improving customer convenience as a means to expand their reach and volume of commerce. It’s not just Internet companies such as Amazon, but some of the most substantial brick and mortar chains, including Wal-Mart, Costco, Best Buy, Office...
Are You Dodging Bullets with Your IT Strategy?
Recently I talked to a dealer whose internal information technology (IT) person had quit suddenly after receiving another job offer. The dealer scrambled to find someone else. He hired a small, local IT firm that soon went out of business. Once again, the dealer...
Making Leaders Out of Managers
A common concern shared in the car business is “Where are all of the good people?” There is a shortage of talent, and an even bigger shortage in up and coming leaders, which is requiring dealers to focus more than ever on people development and investing in culture....
A Blueprint to Creating a Successful Video Email Strategy
By Mike DeLong, VP of Dealer Services, Covideo Lights…Camera…Action! There is no doubt that video has become increasingly popular within the auto industry. Dealers across the country are becoming more in tune and embracing video technology to better engage their...
Cut the Losses: Turn Wholesale into Profit Gains
By Alison Spangler, Senior Director for Manheim Digital Many dealerships have long held the view that the wholesale used vehicle market is an option of last resort. It’s a place for accepting losses, not an avenue for driving profits. Digital technologies, though, are...
How Are Women’s Brains Wired? What Customers are Thinking in Your Dealership
When a woman shops at your dealership, do you know what she is thinking? Do you know what is important to her? While that may seem impossible, reports and data women show surprising consistency and practicality in their thought process. Consultants can benefit from...
PointPredictive Launches Auto Fraud Alert
Powerful new solution offers more than 100 new alerts and red flag indicators to improve identification of fraud risk prior to loan funding SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 2, 2019 – PointPredictive announced today the launch of Auto Fraud Alert, a new solution that helps...
vAuto Announces Enhanced Dealer Trade Functionality to Conquest
Improvement helps dealers to quickly make confident, informed decisions on every inbound trade Oakbrook Terrace, IL. – April 2, 2019 – vAuto announced an insights-driven upgrade to dealer trading in the Conquest® platform, building on the long legacy of market...
Spring Market Officially Arrives
Welcome to this week's edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Market Insights Report shows how car values...
Valeo Undertakes to Close the Gender Pay Gap In All Its Host Countries
Paris, March 7, 2019 — Valeo is stepping up its commitment to gender equality in the workplace by extending its gender equality index to all of its operations worldwide. The initial results will be reported in June 2019. Based on the calculation method defined by the...
Not an April Fool’s Day Joke – ACV Auctions Triple Year-Over-Year Sales
Sold over $110 million in vehicle inventory in March BUFFALO, N.Y. — ACV Auctions Inc., the leading dealer-to-dealer, online wholesale automotive marketplace, hit an all-time high selling more than 15,500 vehicles online in March, representing nearly 2% of all...
Fast-Growing AutoMap™ Expands to Europe with Inaugural Office in London
Portland, OR.—(April 1, 2019) – AutoMap™, the leading inventory tracking and audit solution provider for dealerships, lenders and auction houses, today announced it has expanded to Europe, opening its first office in the United Kingdom. The AutoMap vehicle tracking...
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