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Westlake Remarketing Announces 2012 Top Auctions
LOS ANGELES, CA - Westlake Financial Services Remarketing Department names their top auctions for 2012. Rawls Auto Auction (Leesville, SC) is named the Eastern Region Auction of the Year, Kansas City Independent Auto Auction (Kansas City, MO) takes top honors for the...
KAR Auction Services, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results
Board Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.19 per Common Share CARMEL, IN - KAR Auction Services, Inc. reported its fourth quarter financial results for the period ended December 31, 2012. For the fourth quarter of 2012, the company reported revenue of $493.7 million as...
Auto Dealerships in 2025 – A Strategic Vision
After surviving what was quite possibly some of the worst economic conditions in automotive retailing in modern times, dealerships are regaining their footing with solid profitability and are now looking forward to the future. To begin looking at what the future may...
Customer’s Choice: What do successful baseball players, fishermen, restauranteurs and F&I managers have in common?
Adapting your dealership and office to the customer's experience is still a go-to tactic for good Customer Relations. Sources at F&I and Showroom talk missed opportunities and making up for lost time in this lively analysis: The best hitter on every professional...
Ally Financial Beefs Up Dealer Services
According to an article on F&I Magazine, Ally Financial beefs up dealer services. DETROIT — Ally Financial has enhanced services offered to dealers through its Performance Development Center and Relationship Management Center. Dealers will be offered more training...
Sonic: SIMS Can Help Push Monthly Per-Store Used Sales to New Heights
Sonic Automotive finished rolling out its Sonic Inventory Management System this month and believes that once the company is fully acclimated to using the centralized inventory management tool, monthly per-store used unit sales can eclipse 100, eventually beating the...
9 cars with small price tag and big surprises
The average price of a new vehicle was $30,803 in 2012, according to automotive information company Edmunds.com. So what could you get for about half of that amount? The answer is: more than you might expect. There are nine new cars with prices starting at less than...
Major Dealer Groups Prepare to Top Records Set in 2012
An overview of impressive dealership growth stats, this review of net earnings of 2012 establishes the trends to expect for 2013 via queues taken from several major dealerships. Forget tax season and take on the new fiscal year following the examples set by dealers...
AAPC Highlights Auto Industry’s Status As No. 1 U.S. Export Sector
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Matt Blunt, President of the American Automotive Policy Council, today issued the following statement on the 2012 international trade data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce which shows the U.S. auto industry remains the No. 1 export...
Ford predicts slow Focus EV sales climb
Automaker expects small gains in spite of adding 700 dealers Ford Motor Co. expects lukewarm sales for its Focus Electric compact car in the coming year, despite an extra 700 dealers who will soon be certified to sell Ford's only all-electric vehicle. Ford anticipates...
Experian Automotive: Sixty-day auto loan delinquencies rise for first time since 2009
Auto lending still healthy as delinquencies remain below prerecession levels Schaumburg, Ill., Feb. 21, 2013 — Experian Automotive today released its industry-wide analysis of automotive credit trends for Q4 2012 and found that 60-day delinquencies rose from 0.72...
Is Your Google Analytics Code Up to Date?
You may be using analytics, but are your analytics up to date? Sources at Search Engine Watch suggest that out-of-date Google Analytics code could be sabotaging your site. Check out the tips in the article below to know what pitfalls to watch out for: Have you looked...
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