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Digital storefront is a gutsy move
Digital storefront is a gutsy move, from Automotive News. At Foresight Research, we believe AutoNation is making a gutsy move by building a digital storefront for new-auto purchasers ("The retail game is about to change," Nov. 17). Our 2014 Dealership Immersion Report...
Flick Fusion Introduces VidMagnet(TM), An Inventory Video Add-On Designed to Drive More Traffic to Auto Dealer Websites
Urbandale, IA--December 22nd, 2014--Flick Fusion (www.flickfusion.com) today introduced VidMagnetTM, a powerful addition to inventory videos that leverages Video SEO (VSEO) and drives more traffic from YouTube and other video websites to auto dealer websites. When a...
Tech Mahindra Aims to Achieve Leadership in Automotive Aftermarket Sector
Launches a platform solution which would transform existing cars to smart and connected devices Tech Mahindra Ltd. a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering today announced the launch of Automotive Suite Solution. It enables Tech...
Injury and Illness Prevention Programs and the Bottom Line
An Injury and Illness Prevention Program is a commonly known process that works to proactively lower work place hazards. These programs focus around lowering injury, illness, and fatalities, and can also help lower your bottom line. Studies nationwide have shown that...
Honda Gives Dealers Social Amp For Toy-Character Holiday Ads
Honda Gives Dealers Social Amp For Toy-Character Holiday Ads, from Forbes. Auto brands and dealers still have a long way to go to coordinate their marketing efforts effectively in the digital age, but Honda has harnessed up Pokey and enlisted G.I. Joe to get the brand...
Does Negotiating Cost Dealers Too Much?
Does Negotiating Cost Dealers Too Much?, from Wards Auto. Although people often say they disdain negotiating, the reality is they readily partake in it, often initiating it. Surveys indicate most car buyers dislike dealership price negotiations, but Gary May isn’t so...
MIGHTY ECONOMIC ENGINE Study shows region’s auto dealers pump $2.3B annually in sales into economy and provide 3,300 full-time jobs
MIGHTY ECONOMIC ENGINE Study shows region's auto dealers pump $2.3B annually in sales into economy and provide 3,300 full-time jobs., from Lehigh Valley Business. Car sales are soaring and expected to get even better. The result is that sales and employment in the...
Volvo begins online car selling
Volvo begins online car selling, from USA Today. Volvo is beginning online car sales, the latest automaker to offer skittish buyers, and those who buy everything else on the Internet, a way to skip the dealerships and shop from their computers or mobile devices. The...
Expect $1 Billion in US Purchases by Public Dealer Groups for 2014
Expect $1 Billion in US Purchases by Public Dealer Groups for 2014, from Auto Remarketing. In the dealership buy-sell market, it’s still the private buyers who are making the biggest waves, but that’s not to say all is quiet on the public retailer front, according to...
Dealerships Ensure Workplace Safety with New Features of KPA’s Environmental Health and Safety Online Platform
Dealerships Ensure Workplace Safety with New Features of KPA's Environmental Health and Safety Online Platform, from InsuranceNewsNet.com. KPA, a business services provider, has released myKPAonline 3.0, an upgrade of its Environmental Health and Safety online...
High-tech gadgets call for dealership help desks
High-tech gadgets call for dealership help desks, from The Detroit News. Donna Higley often talks to her new high-tech Lexus. “I’ll be in a parking lot and it will warn me of something ahead and I’ll say, ‘Yes, yes, I know,’ ” said Higley, 74. She didn’t do that with...
Let the greening of Honda dealers commence!
Let the greening of Honda dealers commence!, from Technology Tell. Honda issued a 93-page document titled the “Honda ‘Green Dealer’ Guide” in an effort to help its dealers adopt what it called “more environmentally responsible business practices.” Of course, the...
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