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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...
Government Asks Court to Toss Chrysler Dealerships Suit
Government Asks Court to Toss Chrysler Dealerships Suit, from The National Law Journal. The U.S. government has moved to dismiss a suit from 18 former Chrysler dealerships that lost their contracts with the automaker during its bankruptcy proceeding in 2009. In a Dec....
Legal Expert Rings in the Holidays With ‘12 Days of Dealership Compliance’
Legal Expert Rings in the Holidays With ‘12 Days of Dealership Compliance’, from Auto Dealer Monthly. Based on recent developments, it’s obvious government regulators are active this holiday season. So to help ring in this season of regulatory compliance, AutoStar...
GM gets creative to spur recall repairs
GM gets creative to spur recall repairs, from wusa9. After the effort that General Motors went through to quickly produce replacement ignition switches for millions of cars under recall, their hasty manufacture may turn out to be the easy part. The harder part seems...
Dealerships boost fixed-ops spending to fend off rivals, retain customers
Dealerships boost fixed-ops spending to fend off rivals, retain customers, from Automotive News. Alan Brown, general manager of Frisco Volkswagen north of Dallas, has a 62,000-square-foot dealership under construction on 14 acres. About 60 percent of the $23 million...
Fix Fixed-Operations Faults
Fix Fixed-Operations Faults, from Wards Auto. If dealers ran their fixed operations using the same practices they use in their variable operations, they would see business increase. One of the most important performance metrics dealers should track is their fixed...
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