Katie Rushing was a member of a sorority as a student at Georgia Southern University. Whether it was in athletics or automotive, a mantra she learned during that part of her life still influences her now as she is the national remarketing manager for Southeastern Auto Auction of Savannah. “I am motivated to excel in […] [Read More]

KeyBanc Capital Markets indicated that the majority of principals and managers who participated in its March dealer survey said used-vehicle gross margins “remained under pressure.” By how much are those grosses being pinched? Well, 57 percent of respondents told KeyBanc that grosses stayed flat or dropped by more than $50 per unit in March. When […] [Read More]

Here’s something to which many of our readers can probably relate. We asked Sheryl Watson, the general counsel and senior vice president at ADESA Canada, when she knew the car business was for her. “When I watched my first live auto auction,” said Watson, a 2016 Women in Remarketing honoree. “An exciting mini-drama unfolds as […] [Read More]

Before joining Cox Automotive, Amy Mills worked on several advertising and marketing projects with manufacturers and other automotive clients on the agency side of the business. Then, one of Mills’ acquaintances mentioned an opportunity at Manheim. “Once I met the people, I never looked back,” said Mills, who now is vice president of global strategic […] [Read More]

Leslie Ruhe didn’t exactly pursue the car business, she says. “It actually pursued me! I was a brand-new mom, content with where I was.  I had a friend encourage me to apply for a newly created job in the lease remarketing group where he worked,” said Ruhe, a 2016 Women in Remarketing honoree and a vice […] [Read More]

Susan Moritz calls her road to the car business “almost accidental.” But it’s certainly an inspiring one, and speaks to not only overcoming challenges, but thriving in their wake. “I was adopted as an infant with a minor ankle deformity that required me to wear leg braces for the first several months of my life. […] [Read More]

In her role at United Road, Rhea Kuntz heads up operations in the National Sales Center.   United Road debuted the NSC in 2011, and it manages of hundreds of thousands of remarketed vehicle transports each year throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 1989, Kuntz — a 2016 Women in Remarketing honoree — joined MPG Transport, […] [Read More]

Proposals now are sitting before committees within both the New York Assembly and Senate that would restrict the use of license plate recognition technology only for law enforcement outlets, not for private businesses such as repossession agencies that might be involved in the recovery process for an auto finance company. Action in the Empire State’s […] [Read More]

Beepi announced Wednesday that its used-car leasing program has officially gone live and is now available in each of the company’s 16 markets. That includes Houston, which Beepi added to its roster this week.  As reported earlier, Beepi is offering the leases through the Ally Pre-owned SmartLease product launched in late March. “Beepi is all about […] [Read More]

Of the nine car segments that Black Book tracks, luxury cars showed the greatest price decline last week. Their dip in prices (0.55 percent) was more than twice the overall percentage decline for the nine car segments (0.22 percent). In a recap of the Black Book Market Insights reports, Black Book poses this question, which […] [Read More]