The team at digital marketing solutions provider LotVantage noticed five dealerships in four states found ways to leverage the smartphone gaming app that’s all the rage nowadays — Pokémon GO. Franchised stores already sporting Hondas, Nissans and Subarus are welcoming people looking for Pikachus and other Pokémon characters, and LotVantage shared strategy so dealerships can […] [Read More]

Intellaegis president John Lewis recently compiled a two-part blog series for SWBC, a diversified financial services company that has interests in the automotive world along with insurance, mortgage banking and wealth management. While Lewis geared his collections compliance recommendations toward credit unions, the initial three suggestions on creating a mock audit to prepare for a […] [Read More]

As a dealer, you may have found that customers have some interesting notions about leasing. Or maybe you’re in the finance arena and you’ve observed that people are in the dark about how the numbers work. Enter Scot Hall, who you might say wants to do some auto lease myth busting. The executive vice president of […] [Read More]

Jumpstart Automotive Group, a division of Hearst Autos specializing in marketing and advertising solutions, on Tuesday announced an exclusive ad sales representation agreement with Autolist.com. San Francisco-based Autolist is a rapidly growing auto publisher with more than 4.4 million new, used and certified pre-owned vehicles for sale across the U.S. Autolist uses a mobile-first approach […] [Read More]

As the California Air Resources Board (CARB) rejected a proposal from Volkswagen on how to modify some of the vehicles included in “Dieselgate,” the newest consumer survey from buyer intelligence firm Autolist.com indicated 50 percent of impacted owners are satisfied with the reparations payments. Autolist.com also highlighted 49 percent of scandal-affected owners plan to take […] [Read More]

Apparently, the Fourth of July is not just for fireworks, baseball and hot-dog-eating contests. These days, it’s seen as a “car-shopping holiday” — and one with a big online focus. According to a Dealer.com analysis of dealership website activity, Web visits per dealership during the Fourth of July weekend earlier this month were 73 higher […] [Read More]

Automotive Finance Corp. (AFC), a business unit of KAR Auction Services, named two vice presidents this week. AFC highlighted Tiff Arcella joined the company as vice president of sales and Devra Callaghan was promoted to vice president of marketing and business development. A sales leader and strategic management expert, Arcella joins AFC with nearly 30 […] [Read More]

Vendor Transparency Solutions (VTS) — a compliance monitoring and continuing education training provider for the recovery and finance industries — recently released its new, expanded library. In an effort to better prepare VTS-subscribed companies with the various compliance-related requests from clients, subscribers now have access to 23 individual policy templates. This service is provided by […] [Read More]

The Zika virus, Hillary Clinton’s emails, global warming and the presidential election. Each of these current events/issues has a significantly higher rate of general public awareness than does the Takata recall, according to Kelley Blue Book. A study from KBB parent company Cox Automotive found the public had lower awareness of the Takata recall (52 […] [Read More]

Cox Automotive chief economist Tom Webb called it “relatively unusual” that off-lease volume and retail sales of certified pre-owned vehicles were nearly identical last year at 2.55 million units. Webb is thinking off-lease volume this year will swell to about 3.1 million while CPO sales are “not nearly going to grow nearly that much.” He […] [Read More]